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The Gerontologist 46:815-820 (2006)
© 2006 The Gerontological Society of America

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In Retirement Migration, Who Counts? A Methodological Question With Economic Policy Implications

William H. Haas, III, PhD1, Don E. Bradley, PhD2, Charles F. Longino, Jr., PhD3, Eleanor P. Stoller, PhD3 and William J. Serow, PhD4

Correspondence: Address correspondence to William H. Haas III, PhD, Professor of Sociology, One University Heights, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC 28804-8508. E-mail:Haas{at}UNCA.edu

Abstract

Purpose: We examine the methodological and economic policy implications of three operationalizations of retirement migration. Design and Methods: We compared the traditional age-based definition of retirement migration and two retirement-based definitions, based on degree of labor-force participation and retirement income, by using the 2000 U.S. Census Public Use Microdata Sample.  Results: The age-based definition overestimated the number of retired migrants, although the ranking of host and donor states remained relatively stable; nevertheless, states revealed different rates of change in inmigration and outmigration and income streams declined. Implications: Retirement-based definitions are more useful and precise for those researchers considering the economic implication of retirement migration.

Key Words: Economic policy • Methodology • Migration • Retirement




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