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Families, migration and adjusting to disequilibrium
Economics Letters
|January 1, 1988
Summary
Education can decrease family migration by improving local adjustment and location satisfaction. This contrasts with individual migration patterns, suggesting education offers families greater stability.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Economics
- Demography
Background:
- Individual migration decisions are well-studied, but family migration dynamics, particularly the role of education, remain less understood.
- Local economic and social disequilibrium are often drivers of migration, prompting individuals and families to seek better opportunities elsewhere.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate whether education influences family migration probabilities.
- To determine if education enhances a family's ability to adapt to local conditions, thereby reducing their propensity to migrate.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from Costa Rica to estimate family migration probabilities.
- Employed statistical models to analyze the relationship between education levels and family migration decisions.
Main Results:
- Findings indicate that higher education levels are associated with reduced family migration.
- Education appears to equip families with better coping mechanisms for local disequilibrium, promoting residential stability.
Conclusions:
- Education plays a significant role in mitigating family migration, contrary to its potential effects on individual migration.
- Investing in education may be a strategy to enhance community stability by reducing family mobility.
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