Temporary Internal Migration : Inferences from Survey Data
It is well established in the literature that an important reason why people move from place to place is to seek employment. One way to balance non-job considerations against the need for a wage income is to move to another place temporarily for a job opportunity. By making a temporary move, an indi...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-106040 2023-10-09T21:53:02+02:00 Temporary Internal Migration : Inferences from Survey Data Edwards, Wayne 2013 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-106040 eng eng Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, USA Umeå : Umeå University & The Royal Skyttean Society Journal of Northern Studies, 1654-5915, 2013, 7:2, s. 75-93 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-106040 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess migration temporary migration commuting job search job market Alaska Economics and Business Ekonomi och näringsliv Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2013 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:47:40Z It is well established in the literature that an important reason why people move from place to place is to seek employment. One way to balance non-job considerations against the need for a wage income is to move to another place temporarily for a job opportunity. By making a temporary move, an individual can maintain his or her residence in a community, thereby retaining place level amenities, family relationships, traditional activities, and so on. Temporary migration for market work might be an especially attractive solution for people who have strong community ties but few job opportunities. This paper concentrates on the case of internal temporary migration for job market reasons in Alaska. Some U.S. Census data are useful for analysis of migration, but those data are not collected frequently enough to address temporary migration questions well. Using a set of pre-existing non-Census surveys, this paper examines temporary migrants in north and northwest Alaska. For the investigated area, approximately 8 percent to 16 per cent of the population are engaged in temporary migration for market work. Substantial seasonal differences in temporary migration rates are uncovered, as are gender differences. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Northern Studies Alaska Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) |
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It is well established in the literature that an important reason why people move from place to place is to seek employment. One way to balance non-job considerations against the need for a wage income is to move to another place temporarily for a job opportunity. By making a temporary move, an individual can maintain his or her residence in a community, thereby retaining place level amenities, family relationships, traditional activities, and so on. Temporary migration for market work might be an especially attractive solution for people who have strong community ties but few job opportunities. This paper concentrates on the case of internal temporary migration for job market reasons in Alaska. Some U.S. Census data are useful for analysis of migration, but those data are not collected frequently enough to address temporary migration questions well. Using a set of pre-existing non-Census surveys, this paper examines temporary migrants in north and northwest Alaska. For the investigated area, approximately 8 percent to 16 per cent of the population are engaged in temporary migration for market work. Substantial seasonal differences in temporary migration rates are uncovered, as are gender differences. |
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Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, USA |
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