Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2018 Nov;680(1):172-192.
doi: 10.1177/0002716218797981. Epub 2018 Nov 14.

Migration, Mobility, and Neighborhood Attainment: Using the PSID to Understand the Processes of Racial Stratification

Christine Leibbrand, Kyle Crowder

Migration, Mobility, and Neighborhood Attainment: Using the PSID to Understand the Processes of Racial Stratification

Christine Leibbrand et al. Ann Am Acad Pol Soc Sci. 2018 Nov.

Abstract

In this article we describe the considerable influence of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) on research on residential migration, mobility, and neighborhood attainment, as well as the role of PSID-based research in housing policy debates. We review some of the central research findings and key discoveries that have come from analyses that have used the PSID. We then present new research, using PSID data that are linked to geographic data, to demonstrate how geographic moves are associated with changes in neighborhood poverty rates. The relationship differs markedly for blacks and whites, and our results add to a body of work that shows sharp racial differences in residential context, and the role that personal migration plays in shaping this stratification. Finally, we use these findings and the shortcomings of past research to prescribe ways that the PSID could be enhanced to understand more about migration dynamics and processes of residential stratification.

Keywords: Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID); internal migration; neighborhood attainment; race/ethnicity; residential mobility.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
The Relationship between Intermetro Migration and Neighborhood Poverty Rates in the Year of Household Formation by Race
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
The Relationship between Interstate Migration and Neighborhood Poverty Rates in the Year of Household Formation by Race
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
The Relationship between Inter-Regional Migration and Neighborhood Poverty Rates in the Year of Household formation by Race
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
The Relationship between Intermetro Migration and Neighborhood Poverty Rates 10 Years after Household Formation by Race
FIGURE 5
FIGURE 5
The Relationship between Interstate Migration and Neighborhood Poverty Rates 10 Years after Household Formation by Race
FIGURE 6
FIGURE 6
The relationship between Inter-regional Migration and Neighborhood Poverty Rates 10 Years after Household Formation, by Race
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Banks James, Blundell Richard, Oldfield Zoe, and Smith James. 2011. Housing mobility and downsizing at older ages in Britain and the United States. Economica 79 (313): 1–26. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Charles Camille Zubrinsky. 2003. The dynamics of racial residential segregation. Annual Review of Sociology 29:167–207.
    1. Clark William A.V., and William Lisowski. 2017. Examining the life course sequence of intending to move and moving. Population, Space, and Place 24 (3): 1–12. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Clark William, and Withers Suzanne Davies. 2002. Disentangling the interaction of migration, mobility, and labor-force participation. Environment and Planning 34 (5): 923–45.
    1. Cooke Thomas, and Shuttleworth Ian. 2018. The effects of information and communication technologies on residential mobility and migration. Population, Space and Place 24 (3): 1–11.

LinkOut - more resources