Specification of Functional Form in Models of Population Migration

Brian Cushing ()

Working Papers from Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University

Abstract: A characteristic of the empirical literature on internal population migration is widely varying results and often conflicting conclusions regarding relative importance of explanatory factors. There are a number of possible explanations for these conflicting findings, some of which have received little attention in the literature. This paper focuses on one major specification issue in the context of an aggregate migration model: choice of functional form. The discussion lays out a theoretical basis for choosing functional form. It follows this with a comparison of empirical results for several functional forms. Statistical tests are used to choose the most appropriate functional form.

Keywords: population migration; modeling; conflicting findings; functional form (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C01 C5 C63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2005-04-07
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