Migration and the Journey to Work

Bibliographic Data

ID2552046
AuthorsGoldstein (0000-0002-3424-5319), Sidney Goldstein (John Brown University, corresponding author), Kurt B Mayer (John Brown University), K Mayer (0009-0002-4127-799X)
Year1964
Volume42
Issue4
Pages472-481
Publication date1964-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Forces (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2574993
OpenAlexW2096522640
LanguageEN
Citations received14

Special census tabulations obtained for Rhode Island permit analysis of the interrelation between residence, commuting, and migration. Although the central cities provide job opportunities for persons living well beyond their boundaries, most people in the suburbs and the outlying areas live fairly close to their place of work. Moreover, within the respective zones, purely local migration takes place independent of changes in job location. For those migrating greater distances, the greater the distance moved, the less strong is the tendency to retain jobs in the area of origin. Nevertheless, a substantial number of people migrate a considerable distance without changing job location. Although this tendency is most pronounced in the case of city to suburb migration, it operates at greater distances and in reverse direction as well. By making residential mobility possible without concomitant change in job location, this commuting pattern results in an increased volume of migration

Census · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Internal migration · Journey to work · Political science · Population · Residence · Sociology · Work (physics) · Demography · Engineering · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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