Human migration: theoretical and empirical results

Graves, Philip E. and Linneman, Peter D. (1979): Human migration: theoretical and empirical results. Published in: Journal of Urban Economics , Vol. 6, No. 3 : pp. 383-404.

Abstract

I am unable to copy/paste a rather lengthy abstract, but the paper provides a detailed theoretical model of human migration which is then tested using a discrete choice probit model.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: human migration; location; amenities; mobility
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure; N - Economic History > N9 - Regional and Urban History; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics; N - Economic History > N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy; D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General; D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles

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