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Migration/Geographic Mobility Working Papers

Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.

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Working Paper
Linking the 2010 ACS and 2009 National Change of Address File
This paper analyzes the utility of the National Change of Address database in supplementing geographic specificity to movers in the American Community Survey.


Working Paper
Comparison of Migration Data: 2013 ACS and 2013 ASEC
This paper shows the Comparison of Migration Data between 2013 ACS and 2013 ASEC of the Current Population Survey.


Working Paper
Race, Ethnicity, Residential Dissatisfaction, and Migration, 2010-2011
Using SIPP data, the likelihood of reporting unfavorable housing, neighborhood, and local services along with a move were examined by race and ethnicity.


Working Paper
Wage Differential and Job Changes
The economic conditions affecting job mobility decisions range from discretionary choice factors to exogenous factors beyond the control of workers.


Working Paper
How We Came to Live Together: Migration from Different Origins
This poster analyzes households that have both movers and nonmovers, and have multiple movers consolidated into a household from different geographic origins.


Working Paper
Documenting Migration Across Borders: The United States and Canada
Information on characteristics, border crossings, and timing of migration.


Working Paper
Steps Toward a North American Migration Survey
Lessons Learned from the Census Bureau’s Migrant Life History Project (MLHP).


Working Paper
Demographic Analysis of the Foreign-Born Migration Component
Focus on the 2000 to 2010 estimates of net foreign-born migration, which was a large component of the total net international migration estimates.


Working Paper
2008 CPS Immigration/Emigration Supplement Debriefing Report
The purpose of the Migration Supplement was to improve knowledge on the size and characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States.


Working Paper
Metropolitan Migration Flows of the Creative Class by Occupation
Explores the relationship between migration and occupation by metropolitan areas in the United States, specifically focusing on the creative class.


Working Paper
A Review of Methods for Estimating Emigration
This report, summarizes the literature on the methods to estimate emigration, review the strengths and limitations of each method, and provide references for original documents in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.


Working Paper
A Review of Methods for Estimating Emigration
Summary of the methods to estimate emigration, review strengths and limitations of each method, and provide references for original documents.


Working Paper
Residential Duration by Tenure, Race, and Ethnicity: 2009
This paper examines variations racial and ethnic groups’ residential durations by current and previous tenure status using data from the 2008 SIPP.


Working Paper
Residential Duration by Tenure, Race, and Ethnicity: 2009
This paper examines variations racial and ethnic groups’ residential durations by current and previous tenure status using data from the 2008 SIPP.


Working Paper
The Seasonality of Moves: 2009
This paper analyzes the seasonality of moves in the United States.


Working Paper
A Review of the CPS Migration Supplement Automated Questionnaire
The goal of this report is to help data users better understand the overall structure of the Migration Supplement automated questionnaire.


Working Paper
Millennial Migration: How has the Great Recession affected migration?
This paper uses regressions to better understand which Millennials were affected most by the recession and what effects it had on this mobile population.


Working Paper
2007-2011 County-to-County Migration Flows
This paper uses the 2007-2011 county-to-county migration flows to analyze county-level migration by household income, individual income, & education attainment.


Working Paper
2008-2012 County-to-County Migration Flows: County Aggregation
This paper uses 2008-2012 county-to-county migration flows to analyze migration by employment, work, & occupational status, with examples of county aggregation


Working Paper
How do the ACS Five-Year Migration Data Compare to 2000 Census Data?
This poster analyzes 5-year county- to-county migration data from the 2005-2009 ACS through flow and mover counts.


Working Paper
How do the ACS Five-Year Migration Data Compare to 2000 Census Data?
This poster analyzes 5-year county- to-county migration data from the 2005-2009 ACS through flow and mover counts.


Working Paper
Overview of the August 2008 CPS Migration Supplement
The purpose of this paper is to provide data users with additional information about the Migration Supplement that is not found in other published sources.


Working Paper
2005-2009 American Community Survey County-to-County Migration Files
County to County and Count/Minor Civil Division(MCD) -to-County/MCD flow based on 2005 to 2009 data from American Community Survey (ACS).


Working Paper
The Seasonality of Moving: An Analysis of Data from the SIPP
The purpose of this paper is to explore the monthly pattern of residential mobility and to document any seasonality in moving behavior.


Working Paper
The Seasonality of Moving: An Analysis of Data from the SIPP
The Census Bureau has been collecting and tabulating data on residential mobility for almost 150 years.


Working Paper
Migration Patterns & Mover Characteristics: 2005 ACS Gulf Coast Area
The demographic composition of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area changed in the months following Hurricane Katrina.


Working Paper
Residential Mobility of One-Person Households
This paper describes recent developments in the population of one-person households in the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States.


Working Paper
Evaluation Report Covering Residence 1-Year Ago (Migration)
The 2006 ACS Content Test compared two versions of the residence one year ago (migration) question set.


Working Paper
Comparison of ACS and ASEC Data on Geographic Mobility: 2004
This report is one in a series that compares data from the ACS with data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the CPS.


Working Paper
Domestic Migration Flows for States from the 2005 ACS
This paper examines the reasonableness and variability of migration estimates between individual states, DC, and Puerto Rico from the 2005 ACS.


Working Paper
A Statistical Portrait of Recent Puerto Rican Migration
This analysis specifically addresses the social and economic changes in Puerto Rico’s population between 2005 and 2015.


Working Paper
Why 5-Year Migration Estimates from CPS-ASEC and ACS Are Uncomparable
Five-year migration estimates are available from the CPS-ASEC and ACS. This paper describes both and explains why they are not comparable.


Population
The Census Bureau Approach for Allocating International Migration
This paper describes methods for estimating international migration. It also explains how national estimates are apportioned to local areas.


Working Paper
Geographical Mobility and the Life Course
SIPP data allows for analysis of joint-incidence of life events such as loss of a job, retirement, and marriage, and various forms of geographical mobility.


Working Paper
Why Did You Move? Reason for Move Write-In Expansion
This paper documents the reason for move write-in expansion for the Current Population Survey's 2016 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


Working Paper
Methodology and Assumptions for the Population Projections: 1999-2100
This working paper discusses the methodology and assumptions used to develop the recently released projections of the population of US from 1999 to 2100.

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