Health, information, and migration: Geographic mobility of Union Army veterans, 1860-1880

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Seoul National University (SNU)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050708000661
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 862-899
• 关键词: civil-war; wealth-accumulation; military positions; UNITED-STATES; mortality; 19th-century; nutrition; frontier; HISTORY; disease

摘要

This article explores how injuries, sickness, and the geographic mobility of Union Army veterans while in service affected their postservice migrations. Wartime wounds and illnesses significantly diminished the geographic mobility of veterans after the war. Geographic moves while carrying out military missions had strong positive effects on their postservice geographic mobility. Geographic moves while in service also influenced the choice of destination among the migrants. I discuss some implications of the results for the elements of self-selection in migration, the roles of different types of information in migration decisions, and the overall impact of the Civil War on geographic mobility.