Health, Information, and Migration: Geographic Mobility of Union Army Veterans, 1860–1880
研究了美国内战期间联邦军退伍军人的伤病和服役期间的地理移动如何影响其战后迁移，发现伤病显著降低迁移，而服役中的移动则促进迁移并影响目的地选择。
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.