Do People Move When They Say They Will? Inconsistencies in Individual Migration Behavior

摘要: Conventional theories of migration decision–making posit that there exists a simple, sequential link between residential satisfaction, mobility intentions and actual moving behavior. Past empirical work, however, has indicated substantial discrepancies This study investigates behavioral inconsistencies in using data drawn from the 1985, 1987 1989 rounds American Housing Survey (AHS). Mobility is inferred by comparing occupants same housing units two consecutive surveys. The results show number people do not realize their intention to move many unexpectedly; with or without prior move, movers stayers appear differ significantly terms sociodemographic characteristics. extent which individuals act consistently also differs along attributes (e.g., tenure, age, education gender). paper discusses possible reasons for based on recent developments social psychological human