@article{Cromartie:278813,
      recid = {278813},
      author = {Cromartie, John B. and Nord, Mark},
      title = {Migration and Economic Restructuring in Nonmetro America,  1989-94},
      address = {1996-09},
      number = {1486-2018-6806},
      series = {AGES9615},
      pages = {25},
      year = {1996},
      abstract = {Widespread population growth is underway in nonmetro  America, mostly as a result of favorable net migration. We  examine in- and outmigration separately to measure the  relative importance of each to this resurgence. In  addition, we explore the changing relationships among  nonmetro migration, urban influence, and industrial  structure. Isolated nonmetro areas were capturing a  significant share of total net migration by 1993-94, but  the relative contribution of in- and outmig ration varied  regionally. Controlling for industrial structure and  natural amenities, the effect of metro proximity on  nonmetro net migration switched from positive to negative  between 1988-89 and 1993- 94. Results suggest a revived  period of deconcentration as people are increasingly able  to act upon long-held residential preferences. Emerging  migration patterns coincide with changes in rural  comparative advantage. The rural advantage is increasingly  based on the residential and recreational attractiveness of  its natural amenities rather than on the extractive value  of its natural resources or its production-related  advantages.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278813},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.278813},
}