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leaving behind an older and less educated population without the resources or capability to migrate
away from the region.
A variety of migration assistance programs were developed at the federal, regional, and enterprise
levels to assist northerners to migrate away from the region. This was done because of their
increased burden on the state but also partly for social reasons, as it was often those most vulnerable
who had the least ability to move who were left behind. However, most of these programs had low
take-up rates and were poorly funde [