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- Title
SENIOR MIGRATION: SPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS OF AMENITY AND HEALTH ACCESS DRIVERS*.
- Authors
Dorfman, Jeffrey H.; Mandich, Anne M.
- Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper extends the literature on amenity migration by focusing on healthcare access for later-life migrants. Previous studies have strongly suggested that natural amenities are strong pull factors for later-life migrants, but high natural amenity counties rarely possess the quality healthcare access optimal for elderly migrants. Utilizing a spatial Bayesian estimation strategy, we explicitly consider numerous drivers of later-life migration to examine the extent to which health access is a driver in location decisions. We find healthcare access measures, including hospital expenditures, hospital beds, and number of doctors, are positively associated with later-life migration decisions.
- Subjects
EMIGRATION &; immigration; AMENITY migration; SPATIAL analysis (Statistics); MEDICAL quality control; HOSPITAL utilization
- Publication
Journal of Regional Science, 2016, Vol 56, Issue 1, p96
- ISSN
0022-4146
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jors.12209