Modeling Internal Migration in Africa: The Question of Data Generation & Internal Migration and Housing Market in Nigeria

Throughout the 20th century, the Swedish rental market has generally been heavily regulated, with both a rental queue in place, as well as generally fixed rents, with limited ability to vary these. Though these systems remain in place, in the 21st century, a number of deregulatory measures have been taken. Meanwhile, evolving migration flows and strong humanitarian migration in particular have continued. These developments combined mean that now more than ever, impacts of migration on the rental housing market are increasingly likely. This paper investigates the relationship between foreign-born and internal migration and rents on the housing market. Findings suggest that foreign-born migration, and refugees in particular, impact rents, especially in major cities.

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Internal Migration in the United States

The Journal of Economic Perspectives ◽

10.1257/jep.25.3.173 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 173-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 271

Author(s):

Raven Molloy ◽

Christopher L Smith ◽

Abigail Wozniak

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Housing Market ◽

Internal Migration ◽

Developed Countries ◽

The United States ◽

Downward Trend ◽

Market Activity ◽

Migration Rates ◽

Economic Forces ◽

History Of

This paper examines the history of internal migration in the United States since the 1980s. By most measures, internal migration in the United States is at a 30-year low. The widespread decline in migration rates across a large number of subpopulations suggests that broad-based economic forces are likely responsible for the decrease. An obvious question is the extent to which the recent housing market contraction and the recession may have caused this downward trend in migration: after all, relocation activity often involves both housing market activity and changes in employment. However, we find relatively small roles for both of these cyclical factors. While we will suggest a few other possible explanations for the recent decrease in migration, the puzzle remains. Finally, we compare U.S. migration to other developed countries. Despite the steady decline in U.S. migration, the commonly held belief that Americans are more mobile than their European counterparts still appears to hold true.

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Internal Migration

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition Online ◽

10.1017/isbn-9780511132971.ac.ess.01 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Joseph P. Ferrie

Keyword(s):

Internal Migration

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Internal migration in Italy. Long-run analysis of push and pull factors across regions and macro-areas of the country.

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v13i3.295 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 443-454

Author(s):

Piras Romano

Keyword(s):

Gravity Model ◽

Internal Migration ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Great Majority ◽

Pull Factors ◽

Push And Pull Factors ◽

Long Run ◽

Italian Regions ◽

Migration Flows ◽

Push And Pull

The great majority of empirical studies on internal migration across Italian regions either ignores the long-run perspective of the phenomenon or do not consider push and pull factors separately. In addition, Centre-North to South flows, intra-South and intra-Centre-North migration have not been studied. We aim to fill this gap and tackle interregional migration flows from different geographical perspectives. We apply four panel data estimators with different statistical assumptions and show that long-run migration flows from the Mezzogiorno towards Centre-Northern regions are well explained by a gravity model in which per capita GDP, unemployment and population play a major role. On the contrary, migration flows from Centre-North to South has probably much to do with other social and demographic factors. Finally, intra Centre-North and intra South migration flows roughly obey to the gravity model, though not all explicative variables are relevant.

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