Elizabeth Fussell - Brown University
Work, family, housing, and displacement: Migrants’ reasons for moving, socio-demographic selection, and residential outcomes
Date: 03/10/2016 (Thu)
Time: 3:30pm- 5:00pm
Location: Seminar will be held on-site: Gross Hall - 270
Organizer: Jessica Ho
Meeting Schedule: Login or email the organizer to schedule a meeting.
All meetings will be held in the same location as the seminar unless otherwise noted.
8:20am - Breakfast w/ Jessica Ho
9:30am - Elizabeth Frankenberg
10:00am - Marcos Rangel
10:30am - Seth Sanders
11:00am - Arun Hendi
11:30am - Giovanna Merli
12:00pm - Lunch w/ Gina Turrini, Maria Laurito, Mike Burrows
1:15pm - Gina Turrini, Maria Laurito
1:45pm - Emma Zang
2:15pm - Duncan Thomas
3:15pm - SEMINAR PREP
3:30pm - Seminar Presentation (3:30pm to 5:00pm)
6:00pm - Dinner w/ Jessica Ho, Marcos Rangel, Elizabeth Frankenberg (Tonali)
Additional Comments: Abstract: Migration theories posit that processes selecting people into voluntary and involuntary migration differ, but without data sets that include measures of the causes of mobility there is little evidence demonstrating these selection effects. The American Housing Survey, 1997-2013, provides a unique opportunity to examine selection effects associated with a variety of reported reasons for changing residences, and in doing so, to unify disparate fields of migration research. This research examines selection into five mover types (employment related, housing-related, family-related, disaster-related, and other forced moves) and residential outcomes for each of these mover types. Findings show that mover types have different socio-demographic profiles, and that voluntary movers – particularly housing- or family-related movers – gain more than those who move for involuntary reasons.