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Snowbelt-to-Sunbelt Migration and the North-South Fertility Convergence: Exploring the Theoretical Links
- Southeastern Geographer
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Volume 32, Number 2, November 1992
- pp. 138-147
- 10.1353/sgo.1992.0014
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This paper explores the theoretical linkages between the recent fertility convergence in the historically high-fertility South and the historically low-fertility North and the well documented Snowbelt-to-Sunbelt migration. It argues that the large scale migration likely played an important role in reducing the North-South fertility differential by homogenizing regional environments and influencing labor markets. The paper suggests that regional fertility theories need to become more sensitive to the effects of internal migration.