Migration, Economic Opportunity, and the Quality of Life: Reply and Extension

Cebula, Richard and Vedder, Richard (1975): Migration, Economic Opportunity, and the Quality of Life: Reply and Extension. Published in: Journal of Regional Science , Vol. 16, No. 1 (28 April 1976): pp. 113-115.

Abstract

This reply extends our previous study on migration by estimating a system of simultaneous equations by two stage least squares. This set of results implies even more strongly than our original study, which was a single-equation system estimated by ordinary least squares, that in-migration is positively impacted by both the prospects of a higher level of income and greater income growth on the one hand and by quality of life factors, including warm climate, on the other hand.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: migration; migration determinants; economic opportunities; quality of life factors
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility ; Immigrant Workers; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R2 - Household Analysis > R23 - Regional Migration ; Regional Labor Markets ; Population ; Neighborhood Characteristics

References

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