Individual social capital and migration

This paper determines how individual, relative to community, social capital is related to individual decisions to move. We use non‐public data from the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey to predict multi‐dimensional social capital for observations in the Current Population Survey. We find evi...

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Published in:Growth and change 2021-06, Vol.52 (2), p.808-837
Main Authors: Hotchkiss, Julie L., Rupasingha, Anil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community
Migration
Polls & surveys
Social capital
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Summary:This paper determines how individual, relative to community, social capital is related to individual decisions to move. We use non‐public data from the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey to predict multi‐dimensional social capital for observations in the Current Population Survey. We find evidence that individuals are much less likely to have moved to a community with average social capital levels lower than their own and confirm that higher individual social capital (across multiple dimensions) is negatively related to migration decisions.
ISSN:0017-4815
1468-2257
DOI:10.1111/grow.12470