Examining the Role of Economic Opportunity and Amenities in Explaining Population Redistribution

This paper develops a model of migration integrating equilibrium and disequilibrium components in which individuals and firms form rational expectations about future opportunities. Levels of migration are derived as functions of variations in factors influencing migrant labor demand ("economic...

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Published in:Journal of urban economics 1995-03, Vol.37 (2), p.176-200
Main Authors: Mueser, Peter R., Graves, Philip E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
BUSINESS
ECONOMICS
Labour demand
Labour migration
Labour supply
MIGRANT WORK OR WORKERS
Migration
MIGRATION, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION
Population distribution
Regional development
UNITED STATES, 1945 TO PRESENT
Urban economics
WORKERS, LABORERS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS
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Summary:This paper develops a model of migration integrating equilibrium and disequilibrium components in which individuals and firms form rational expectations about future opportunities. Levels of migration are derived as functions of variations in factors influencing migrant labor demand ("economic opportunity") and migrant labor supply ("residential amenities"). The model is used to estimate the extent to which migration in the United States over the period 1950-1980 is determined by these two classes of exogenous factors.
ISSN:0094-1190
1095-9068
DOI:10.1006/juec.1995.1010