Is There Evidence for Chain Migration?

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If you know someone in a city who's moved and done well, you're probably much more likely to move there yourself. But it seems to me we have more ability to find folks like us in those cities than we used to. I may think about how many people sort of retire to hiltonhead or retire to to florida, but want to be with people who are theree friends.

Why are fewer men working over the last few decades? Is a universal basic income a good policy for coping with the loss of employment? Economist Edward Glaeser of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what Glaeser calls the war on work--the policy changes that have reduced employment among prime-aged men. Glaeser does not see the universal basic income as a viable solution to the decrease in work especially if technology ends up reducing employment opportunities more dramatically in the future. The conversation also includes a discussion of the role of cities and the reduction in geographic mobility in the United States.