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Kin and Elderly Amenity Migration

The Gerontologist, 1983
This study centers upon the role of kin in elderly amenity migration and is based upon interviews with recent migrants to Sun City Arizona. Migrants who maintained long-term ties to the community before moving usually relied upon relatives for these ties and thus for migration information.
P, Gober, L E, Zonn
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Jobs versus amenities in the analysis of metropolitan migration

Journal of Urban Economics, 1989
"This paper demonstrates that jobs and wages are considerably more important than location-specific amenities in explaining net metropolitan migration of employed persons [in the United States]. These results, which are derived mainly from a unique set of annual migration data, differ considerably from the earlier findings of P. E.
M J, Greenwood, G L, Hunt
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Global Amenity Migration

disP - The Planning Review, 2017
This book is a large collection of 25 papers on a very broad range of aspects concerning a central theme, which – according to the editors – was first given the label “amenity migration” about 30–4...
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Amenity Retirement Migration Process: A Model and Preliminary Evidence

The Gerontologist, 1993
A heuristic model of the retirement migration process was developed and explored using survey data from 586 migrants to western North Carolina. Five distinct subgroups were investigated: those who went from part- to full-time residency; those who thought about not migrating; individuals who migrated, remained in the labor force for a short period, and ...
W H, Haas, W J, Serow
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Skills, Migration and Urban Amenities Over the Life Cycle

SSRN Electronic Journal
We examine sorting behavior across metropolitan areas by skill over individuals' life cycles. We show that high-skill workers disproportionately sort into high-amenity areas, but do so relatively early in life. Workers of all skill levels tend to move towards lower-amenity areas during their thirties and forties. Consequently, individuals' time use and
Albouy, David, Faberman, R. Jason
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A Research Agenda for Tourism Amenity Migration Destinations

Tourism Recreation Research, 2006
For more than a century, the character of mountain communities in North America has co-evolved with the shifting nature of their economies. For those alpine places traditionally linked to tourism enterprise, the primary shift has been from ski towns built around adventure, winter sport and related lifestyle values, to resort communities focused on ...
Peter W. Williams, A.M. Gill
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The Authentic Place in the Amenity Migration Discourse

Space and Culture, 2010
The amenity migration movement has garnered significant interest across the wider academic community. In recent works, the emphasis on the investigation into this phenomenon has centered on the aesthetic attractiveness, both culturally and environmentally, of regional locations.
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What matters for internal migration, jobs or amenities?

Migration Letters, 2014
There is an ongoing debate about whether jobs or amenities matter more for economic growth and by extension for regional migration. We review these debates briefly and point out that amenities are not always well defined and that the “either or” approach neglects the complexity of the migration process and the role that social processes play in the ...
Thomas Niedomysl, William A. V. Clark
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Migration and rural development: resettlement, remittances and amenities

2013
Although most countries in the world are rapidly urbanizing, the majority of the global population – particularly the poor – continue to live in rural areas. This Handbook rejects the popular notion that urbanization should be universally encouraged and presents clear evidence of the vital importance of rural people and places, particularly in terms of
Shaun A. Golding, Katherine J. Curtis
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The Turning Tide: Amenity Migration in Coastal Australia

International Planning Studies, 2008
An enduring population movement led by alternative lifestylers, downshifters, economic migrants, and retirees continues to transform Australia's non-metropolitan coastal landscape. Dubbed ‘sea change’ in Australia, the movement is an expression of the international phenomenon known as amenity migration.
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