Migration in the tenth district: long-term trends and current developments. From: Economic Review (Kansas City) | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: Keeton, William R.; Newton, Geoffrey B. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The movement of people into and out of a state can have important implications for the state's economy. The total net inflow of people matters because it affects the overall supply of workers in the state. Having access to a large pool of workers has always been an important issue for businesses in deciding where to locate. Economists predict that growth in the national labor force will slow in coming decades as a result of such factors as the aging of the baby boomers and the decl...