Abstract
US regional and state migration data from the 1940s-80s, when members of the baby boom generation aged into their years of peak labor force mobility, suggest ways in which changing age composition regulates geographical mobility and interregional migration. Labor supply pressure plays a key role in the dynamics of the national migration system. A "delayed mobility" effect in the 1980s similar to the delayed fertility of the baby boom cohorts appears to be a result of the depressed rates of mobility experienced by members of this generation when they flooded regional labor markets with record numbers of entrants in the 1970s. Recent temporal shifts in age-specific volumes of interregional migration help predict the future pace of migration based upon the projected age distribution of the nation. Key Words: migration, geographic mobility, age composition, baby boom.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 416-430 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Professional Geographer |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1991 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Earth-Surface Processes