The determinants of migration between standard metropolitan statistical areas
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- 1 November 1972
- journal article
- Published by Duke University Press in Demography
- Vol. 9 (4), 665-681
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2060673
Abstract
The primary purpose of this paper is to analyze the “determinants” of migration between Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA’s) in the United States. The magnitudes in which various factors have influenced inter-SMSA migration are estimated both for the country as a whole and for individual SMSA’s. The “migration elasticities” estimated for individual SMSA’s are in turn used to test several additional hypotheses concerning migrant behavior. Other similar migration studies have found “wrong” signs or insignificant coefficients on certain variables a priori thought to play a crucial role in the migration process. Finally, we present clues to the causes of such “surprising” results.Keywords
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