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Fall 2011

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 27, Number 1

Categories: Demography | Fall 2011

Migration, Economic Freedom, and Personal Freedom: An Empirical Analysis

Richard J. Cebula, Jacksonville University

J.R. Clark, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise27(1),2011,43–62Migration,EconomicFreedom,andPersonalFreedom:AnEmpiricalAnalysisRichardJ.CebulaJacksonvilleUniversityJ.R.ClarkUniversityofTennesseeatChattanoogaAbstractEconomicfreedomincreasesmarketefficiency,growth,development,andindividualprosperity.Thisstudyempiricallyinvestigateswhetherhigherlevelsofeconomicfreedom,aswellashigherlevelsofpersonalfreedom,actlikemagnetsforpersonsresidinginafreesocietytomove.Inotherwords,dotheprospectsofbothgreatereconomicandpersonalfreedominanygivenstatevis-à-visotherstatesacttoinduceagreaterinfluxofmigrants?Thisempiricalstudyofdomesticmigrationbetween2000and2008findsclearevidencethatmigrantsprefertomovetothosestateswithgreatereconomicfreedomontheonehandandgreaterpersonalfreedomontheotherhand.JELCodes:P10,P12,O12Keywords:Migration;Economicfreedom;Personalfreedom;GrowthI.IntroductionGreatereconomicandpersonal/politicalfreedomsareconducivetoaprivateenterpriseenvironmentthatpromotesgreatereconomicdevelopmentandgrowth.Indeed,thesefreedomspromoteprivateenterpriseinavarietyofways,andAshby(2010)demonstratedthatbotheconomicandpoliticalfreedomaresignificantdeterminantsofmigrationbetweencountries.Furthermore,thegreaterthesuccessoffreedominpromotingprivateenterprise,thegreaterthedegreetowhichhigherlivingstandards,highereconomicgrowth,andmoreextensiveeconomicdevelopmentaremanifested(Ali,1997;Cole,2003;Dawson,2003;Farr,Lord,andWolfenbarger,1998;Goldsmith,1995).TheeconomichistoryoftheUnitedStatesessentiallybeganwiththeimmigrationofpeople,principallyfromEurope,insearchoffreedom,withfreedombroadlyinterpretedtoincludereligious43

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Title	Migration, Economic Freedom, and Personal Freedom: An Empirical Analysis
Authors/Creators:	Richard J. Cebula, Jacksonville University J.R. Clark, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Year:	2011
Volume:	27
Number:	1
Pages:	43 - 62
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Migration, Economic freedom, Freedom, Economic development

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Cebula, Richard J.; Clark, J.R. / 2011. "Migration, Economic Freedom, and Personal Freedom: An Empirical Analysis." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 27(1): 43-62.