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internal migration
From The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, 2008
Edited by
Steven
N.
Durlauf
and
Lawrence
E.
Blume
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Abstract
Migration is a shared topic within social sciences attracting interest from members of all sub-disciplines. This attention reflects both the importance of the flows and the complexity of the behaviour. This article presents a short overview of the basic theoretical perspectives on individual migration decision making, and it considers empirical challenges to bringing these models to the data.
Keywords
family decision making; human capital; internal migration; labour market search; learning; social networks
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Walker, James R. "internal migration." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Second Edition. Eds. Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online. Palgrave Macmillan. 19 May 2013 <http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2008_M000358> doi:10.1057/9780230226203.0824
