Lagged Response in the Decision to Migrate: A Comment*

MOVING BACK vs. MOVING ON: THE CONCEPT OF HOME IN THE DECISION TO REMIGRATE*

“…Equation (3), subject to the exponent definition for the distance elasticity in Equation (4) and a double-log transformation, was estimated by the method of For a discussion of problems associated with the empirical implementation of this variable, see Dunlevy and Gemery (1977), Greenwood (1970Greenwood ( ,1972, Laber (1972), and Renshaw (1974).…”

A spatial dynamic panel approach to modelling the space-time dynamics of interprovincial migration flows in China

“…The positive coefficient of migration stock supports the idea that information from past migrants (friends and relatives) stimulates current migration, and the failure to include this variable could result in other variables being overestimated or obscured (Greenwood 1969(Greenwood , 1970. Further research indicates that recent migrants exert a dominant influence on future migrants, and migration stock may exert a negative influence on current migration in the adjustment process towards equilibrium (Laber 1972;Kau and Sirmans 1979). While gravity models have been widely employed in migration modelling since the 1940s (Zipf 1946;Sen and Smith 1995;Stillwell 2008), they mainly focus on the push and pull forces of origins and destinations over a given period.…”

A Note on Lagged Response in the Decision to Migrate

“…I n a criticism of this work, Laber [5] contends that Greenwood's basic model is internally inconsistent and that the empirical findings may be essentially meaningless. Unfortunately, neither Greenwood nor Laber clearly spells out the assumptions underlying the model in dispute.…”