6: Integrating International and Internal Migration Theories

Pryor, Robin J.

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“…The seminal paper by Pryor (1981) focused primarily on the potential application of internal migration theories to international migration. Although he found that no direct transfer from one field to another was possible (1981: 124), certain elements present in almost all models offer a platform upon which integration may be pursued.…”

Section: Internal and International Migration: Towards An Integrated mentioning

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Albania on the Move : Links between Internal and International Migration

Vullnetari¹

2012

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Albania on the Move : Links between Internal and International Migration

Vullnetari¹

2012

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“…The reader is directed to the several bibliographic and critical surveys that have recently been published, e.g., Adams (1968), Bennett and Gade (1979), Clark (1982), Cordey-Hayes (1972), Courgeau (1980), DaVanzo (1981), Davis (1974), Golledge (1980), Greenwood (1975), Hagerstrand (1957), Hoffmann-Novotny (1970), Hotelling (1978), Kuznets (1957Kuznets ( -1964, Ledent (1981), Mangalam (1968), Morrison (1973), Mueller (1982), Olsson (1965), Petersen (1978), Petersen and Thomas (1968), Pierson (1973), Price and Sikes (1975), Pryor (1981), Quigley and Weinberg (1977), Ritchey (1976), Shaw (1975), Thomas (1938), Thornthwaite (1934), Weaver and Downing (1976), Welch (1971),…”

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Push-Pull Migration Laws

Dorigo

Tobler

1983

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

243

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The mathematics of a push-pull model are shown to incorporate many of Ravenstein's laws of migration, to be equivalent to a quadratic transportation problem, and to be related to the mathematics of classical continuous-flow models. These results yield an improved class of linear spatial interaction models. Empirical results are presented for one country.T is now approximately one hundred years I since the geographer Ernst Ravenstein reported his "Laws of Migration" to the statisticians of London (Ravenstein 1876, 1885, 1889). We commemorate this by outlining an elementary mathematical model of migration that incorporates several of his "laws" as direct and simple consequences. Having studied the literature,' grown large since Ravenstein's time, we believe that we can formulate the migration process as the resultant of a "push" factor and a "pull" factor, but must discount this combination by a distance deterrence between the places. The push factors are those life situations that give one reason to be dissatisfied with one's present locale; the pull factors are those attributes of distant places that make them appear appealing. We will specify this old idea as a very elementary equation system, and will make estimates using empirical data, but not in a regression format; rather, we will study the model from a structural point of view. By including distance discounting we place the model in the venerable class of "gravity" models, and show that it has properties similar to other models in this class (

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“…Given the great heterogeneity of migrants, the focus is placed on rural-to-urban labor migration, which involves a significant life change and sparks the most theoretical contention in the internal migration literature. It is also the stream that most resembles international migration to developed countries given the similar driving forces and dynamics (Pryor, 1981). …”

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Rural-urban migration and health: Evidence from longitudinal data in Indonesia

2010

Social Science & Medicine

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Previous studies on the impact of migration on health often face the difficulties of choosing the proper comparison group and addressing potential selection of migration. Using longitudinal data from Indonesia, this paper examines the effect of rural-urban migration on physical and psychological health, (1) by comparing the health of migrants with that of the appropriate group of comparison, people who remained in rural origins, and (2) studying health both prior to and after migration to adjust for possible selection bias. This research further explores various socioeconomic, psychosocial, and behavioral pathways mediating the migration effect. Results show that rural-urban labor migration increased the risk of psychological disorder as measured by depressive symptoms. This was largely a result of reduced social support due to family disruption, because the deleterious effect was particularly strong for migrants who moved alone and was negligible for migrants moving with family members. In contrast, migration had little impact on physical health in the medium term. This was largely attributed to the multiple offsetting influences of migration: migration improved economic status and living standards but led to increased work-related stressors and barriers to health utilization. In addition, despite earning higher income, migrants tend to underconsume and remit a large amount of earnings to original families, which hindered potential health gains from improved economic well-being.

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6: Integrating International and Internal Migration Theories

Cited by 46 publications

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Albania on the Move : Links between Internal and International Migration

Albania on the Move : Links between Internal and International Migration

Push-Pull Migration Laws

Rural-urban migration and health: Evidence from longitudinal data in Indonesia

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