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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1977 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- ISSN
- 0022-4146
- eISSN
- 1467-9787
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1977.tb00476.x
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Abstract
1. INTRODUCTION Theoretical and econometric models of migration behavior have ignored the varying influences of the determinants of migration on types of migrants. Traditionally the disaggregation of migration data has been into homogeneous groups according to race, sex, age or education. While the need for studying types of migrants has been generally recognized, the lack of data has been proposed as prohibiting such an analysis. (See, for example, Bowman and Myers [2], Eldridge [3], Langley 161 and Miller [8].) The failure of previous econometric studies to consider types of migrants has resulted in a specification bias due to aggregation errors. The theoretical framework for migration is usually based on the assumption that migration is an investment which entails costs as well as produces benefits. Individuals are more likely to migrate from region A to region B , the greater the net benefits which are accrued from such a movement. Net benefit is a function of economic and noneconomic factors and the influence of these factors, because of incomplete information and uncertainty, varies with the type of migrant. Recent studies of migration in Canada by Vanderkamp [14, 15, 161 indicate that the effects of these factors in explaining migration
Journal
Journal of Regional Science – Wiley
Published: Apr 1, 1977