Internal migration has been recognized as the major influence in terms of population redistribution across urban systems, but it is not a homogeneous phenomenon. Within the context of internal rural‐urban migration decline and the negative changes in migratory balances in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, the core of enquiry in this paper is the approach to growth and consolidation of an internal urban–urban migration system in the early twenty‐first century (2000–2015). This process has taken place through two main networks, among metropolitan areas not corresponding to the principal city and among intermediate cities. Internal migration is a complex process that involves both individual and spatial characteristics and which leads to spatially uneven development in the long term. Data from three censuses of the population of Mexico (2000, 2010, and 2015) show a transition to a more urban–urban migration pattern, with skilled migrants tending to have metropolitan and urban destinations, whereas less‐skilled migrants prefer rural and small urban destinations.
En México, la movilidad geográfica de la población se ha estudiado principalmente a escala intraurbana, dejando de lado la interurbana a escala regional. El presente trabajo se ocupa de esta última mediante la medición de los flujos de población económicamente activa (población laboral) que se desplaza cotidianamente por motivos de trabajo. El documento se divide en dos secciones: en la primera se desarrollan los lineamientos conceptuales y de referencia que sustentan el trabajo; y en la segunda, con base en los microdatos de los censos de población 2000 y 2010 y de la encuesta intercensal 2015, se realiza un comparativo de los flujos laborales intrarregionales, para concluir que la movilidad cotidiana por motivos de trabajo se ha incrementado en los últimos quince años al interior de la región Centro del país.
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