Dylan Matthews and Jerusalem Demsas are joined by Nick Buttrick (@NickButtrick), a psychologist at Princeton, to talk about interstate mobility in the US (or the lack thereof). They talk about why it is so hard to move; why some of those reasons, Jerusalem argues, are arbitrary; and what an immobile population means for American culture.
References:
Jerusalem’s article about why it’s so hard to move in America
Nick Buttrick’s research: The cultural dynamics of declining residential mobility
A paper from David Schleicher called Stuck! The Law and Economics of Residential Stagnation
Research from the Brookings Institution: US migration still at historically low levels
NBER paper: The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade
Hosts:
Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox
Jerusalem Demsas (@jerusalemdemsas), policy reporter, Vox
Credits:
Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer
Libby Nelson, editorial adviser
Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts
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