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Author-Name: E. Lance Howe
Author-Name-First: E. Lance
Author-Name-Last: Howe
Author-Email:  elhowe@alaska.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage

Author-Name: Terry Huskey
Author-Name-First: Terry
Author-Name-Last: Huskey
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage

Title: Crossing Frozen Ground: Tiebout, Local Public Goods, Place Amenities, and Rural-to-Rural Migration in the Arctic
Abstract: We estimate the effect of place amenities on rural-to-rural migration decisions for Iņupiat people living in remote Arctic Alaska communities. Using US Census microdata, we test Tiebout's (1956) hypothesis that “people vote with their feet” by examining how migration responds to local public good provision in Arctic places. We find that local public goods are an important determinant of rural-to-rural migration for people living in remote Arctic communities. Better educational opportunities, availability of housing, and modern water and sewer systems serve as important pull factors in rural-to-rural migration decisions. The study uniquely contributes findings for Indigenous people living in remote Arctic regions to the literature on amenity migration.

Classification-JEL: J60, O10, R10
Keywords: Rural-to-rural migration, place amenities, public goods, Tiebout hypothesis, Indigenous migration, Alaskan Arctic 
Length: 10 pages
Creation-Date: 2017-01 
Revision-date: 2021-11
Publication-Status: Published in Journal of Rural Studies, January 2022, pages 130-139.

Number: 2021-05

File-URL: http://www.econpapers.uaa.alaska.edu/RePEC/ala/wpaper/ALA202105.pdf  

File-Format: Application/pdf

Handle: RePEc:ala:wpaper:2021-05