The Determinants of Human Migration

Cebula, Richard (1978): The Determinants of Human Migration. Published in: The Determinants of Human Migration (15 September 1979): pp. 1-148.

Abstract

This multi-faceted study address a variety of topics. It first develops a formal model of why interregional wage differentials may not elicit interregional migration. Then it provides empirical support for the model. The study develops a formal model general theory of migration. It demonstrates the significance of living-cost differentials in the migration decision calculus. The role of economic expectations is then formally modeled and empirically tested. The special case of elderly migration is treated as a separate model. Finally, the role of regionally different government policies on migration is formally studied.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: interregional migration; expectations; investment; utility maximization
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations > H71 - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J23 - Labor Demand; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility ; Immigrant Workers; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J68 - Public Policy; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R2 - Household Analysis > R23 - Regional Migration ; Regional Labor Markets ; Population ; Neighborhood Characteristics

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