01775cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001855 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451850550 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Spilimbergo, Antonio. Family Attachment and the Decision to Move by Race / Antonio Spilimbergo, Luis Ubeda. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (21 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Blacks in the United States have a lower geographic mobility rates than whites even though they have several characteristics that are usually associated with high rates of mobility: high unemployment, low rate of home ownership, low marriage rate and settlement in areas where unemployment is high. This paper tests the relevance of family ties in explaining mobility by using proxies that are constructed using data from the University of Michigan's Panel Study of Income Dynamics, covering the period 1977-88. The results are robust to different specifications and estimation techniques, and explain the puzzle of the role played by the nuclear and the extended family in the decision to move. Mode of access: Internet Ubeda, Luis. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/083 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/083/001.2002.issue-083-en.xml IMF e-Library