Today's relevancy of the migration determinants theory
There are many theories of migration. The human capital, search and the gravity models are among the most widely referred to by researchers. The influence of house prices, job vacancies, wage differentials on the migration decisions have widely been noted and have the expected signs. However, in a s...
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| author | Baba, Baayah Mc Gregor, Peter Jusoff, Kamaruzaman |
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| description | There are many theories of migration. The human capital, search and the gravity models are among the most widely referred to by researchers. The influence of house prices, job vacancies, wage differentials on the migration decisions have widely been noted and have the expected signs. However, in a study done using the Scottish data the house price variables seem to give an opposite sign that contradicts previous findings. Perhaps comfortable house and available entertainment facilities matters and not just the house price that affects the decision to migrate. Future studies should include the entertainment facilities as one of the determining factor of migration. |
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| spelling | upm-76142017-10-23T07:32:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7614/ Today's relevancy of the migration determinants theory Baba, Baayah Mc Gregor, Peter Jusoff, Kamaruzaman There are many theories of migration. The human capital, search and the gravity models are among the most widely referred to by researchers. The influence of house prices, job vacancies, wage differentials on the migration decisions have widely been noted and have the expected signs. However, in a study done using the Scottish data the house price variables seem to give an opposite sign that contradicts previous findings. Perhaps comfortable house and available entertainment facilities matters and not just the house price that affects the decision to migrate. Future studies should include the entertainment facilities as one of the determining factor of migration. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7614/1/7614.pdf Baba, Baayah and Mc Gregor, Peter and Jusoff, Kamaruzaman (2008) Today's relevancy of the migration determinants theory. Asian Social Science, 4 (9). pp. 84-95. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/1079 10.5539/ass.v4n9p84 |
| spellingShingle | Baba, Baayah Mc Gregor, Peter Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Today's relevancy of the migration determinants theory |
| title | Today's relevancy of the migration determinants theory |
| title_full | Today's relevancy of the migration determinants theory |
| title_fullStr | Today's relevancy of the migration determinants theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Today's relevancy of the migration determinants theory |
| title_short | Today's relevancy of the migration determinants theory |
| title_sort | today's relevancy of the migration determinants theory |
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