Sociology
Selective Migration and the Spatial Sorting of Inequality
Quick fact
In the United States, counties that experience net out-migration often lose a disproportionate share of their most educated residents, accelerating local economic decline while wealthier destinations gain an ever-greater share of skilled talent.
Why this is interesting
When people move to cities for better jobs, they take their education and income with them. Could this simple act be quietly redrawing the map of who lives where—and why some places never seem to catch up?