The Determinants of Human Migration

Richard Cebula (dr.richardcebula@gmail.com)

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

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.

Keywords: interregional migration; expectations; investment; utility maximization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H71 J21 J23 J61 J68 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1978-08-31
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Published in The Determinants of Human Migration (1979): pp. 1-148

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