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Using Gross Migration Data Compiled from the Social Security Sample File

Author(s) -

Ver Renshaw

Publication year - 1974

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2060705

Subject(s) - social security , data file , sample (material) , feature (linguistics) , computer science , database , demographic economics , economics , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , chromatography , market economy

A study by Donald Pursell (1972), which examines migration data compiled from the one-percent sample file of the Social Security Administration, is discussed in this paper. An important feature of the data which is neglected by Pursell is pointed out, and the Pursell results are compared with findings obtained using somewhat different treatments of the social security data. The Pursell conclusion that out-migration is negatively related to employment growth is supported by the alternative tests.

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