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An Analysis of Factors Influencing Regional Labor Force Migration, 1960–1970*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Robert Pfeiffer  and
Curtis Braschler
Robert Pfeiffer
Affiliation:
Economic Research Service, USDA, Little Rock, Arkansas
Curtis Braschler
Affiliation:
University of Missouri, Columbia Missouri
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The migration of labor is an important mechanism through which an efficient spatial allocation of resources is achieved and maintained. Many studies were designed to determine the efficacy of the market as an allocator of labor between various regions of the economy. However, most of these have concentrated on the allocation mechanism between major metropolitan labor markets or major sub-regions in the general economy. This study was designed to ascertain the effectiveness of labor allocation between rural and metro regions and between different rural regions in the three-state area of Missouri, Kansas and Illinois.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , July 1977 , pp. 77 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1977

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Footnotes

*

Contribution from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, Journal Series Number 7678

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