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Brigitte S. Waldorf

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1988
Migration and Labor DynamicsUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesRegional Economics and Spatial AnalysisMigration, Ethnicity, and EconomyUrban Transport and Accessibility

Publications

109

Citations

1,339

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

37

Publishing since 1988

Research summary
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Brigitte S. Waldorf studies human migration, regional demographics, and how people's location and life decisions—such as retirement, moving after disasters, and immigration—connect to economic and social outcomes. Her work often develops measurement tools (like an index of how rural a county is) and statistical methods used in regional science to track people's residential and career changes over time. She also examines topics such as gender wage gaps in rural areas and how immigration policy affects skilled workers.

Migration and mobility patternsRegional and rural-urban economicsAging, retirement, and life-course decisionsImmigration policy and labor market outcomesQuantitative and longitudinal methods in regional science

Publication output was higher in the late 2010s (around 3-5 papers per year) and has slowed to about 1-2 papers per year in the most recent five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 5 publications5182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242526
Recent publications
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  • AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)×4
  • New frontiers in regional science: Asian perspectives×3
  • Regional Science Policy & Practice×2
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×2
  • Geographical Analysis×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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