THE INTERNAL MIGRATION OF JAPAN: 1950-55

Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Aging and Internal Migration in the Counties of Country

Objectives Considering the migration age pattern and the aging trend in Iran, this study aims to investigate the migration effect on the aging spatial distribution of the country during 2006-2016. Methods & Materials This study is a secondary and descriptive-analytical analysis. The source used is the data of the general population and housing census and the analysis unit is the counties of th...

Migration signatures across the decades: Net migration by age in U.S. counties, 1950-2010

BACKGROUND Migration is the primary population redistribution process in the United States. Selective migration by age, race/ethnic group, and spatial location governs population integration, affects community and economic development, contributes to land use change, and structures service needs. OBJECTIVE Delineate historical net migration patterns by age, race/ethnic, and rural-urban dimens...

On the Microeconomics of Internal Migration

The internal dynamics of migration processes

The migration literature has identified the various mechanisms explaining why migration processes tend to gain their own momentum and become self-perpetuating partly independent of their original causes and migration policies. In particular the migration-facilitating role of migrant networks has been extensively studied. The current theoretical literature ascribes a pivotal role to networks in ...

Spanish Internal Migration

Spanish internal migration has long been resistant to traditional economic explanations. However this paper examines the data from 1999-2006 after considerable changes in the Spanish economy. Moreover it examines migration at the disaggregated level of Spanish provinces rather than regions, the usual unit of measurement. Using a spatial error model as well as a spatial autoregression model it f...