puzzle of the role played by the nuclear and the extended family in the decision to move … rate and settlement in areas where unemployment is high. This paper tests the relevance of family ties in explaining …

. This apparent contradiction can be explained by the role of the extended family. We test the relevance of the extended … family in explaining mobility by using a proxy that we construct using data from PSID. Our results are robust to different …

puzzle of the role played by the nuclear and the extended family in the decision to move … rate and settlement in areas where unemployment is high. This paper tests the relevance of family ties in explaining …