Abstract
U.S. county-level net migration data and a general spatial model are used to examine the effects of various amenities on migration decisions. Results suggest that higher county cancer risks and the presence of superfund sites in a county, or a higher ranking on the Environmental Protection Agency's hazard ranking system, reduce the relative attractiveness of a county to prospective migrants, while natural amenities on balance attract migrants, ceteris paribus. The results also reveal spatial dependence among contiguous counties in terms of net migration behavior.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 245-254 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Agricultural and Resource Economics Review |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Economics and Econometrics
