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Single-place alternative opportunities in an economic model of migration
Abstract Inspired by Samuel Stouffer's work on alternative opportunities in the gravity model of migration, Levy and Wadycki developed a specification for incorporating this concept in an economic model of migration. Subsequent testing has confirmed the statistical relevance of the alternative opportunity concept across a number of countries and time periods. The present paper refines the definition of alternative opportunities so that the best alternative variables all come from the same location. In the original formulation, the best alternative variable is the optimum value within a circle determined by the origin and destination points. That formulation permits different locations to provide the best alternatives for the economic variables in the model. The single-place approach of the present paper is more consistent with the migrant's utility calculus which determines a single best alternative location. Using United States data for two time periods, we find that the empirical results support this new formulation.
Single-place alternative opportunities in an economic model of migration
Abstract Inspired by Samuel Stouffer's work on alternative opportunities in the gravity model of migration, Levy and Wadycki developed a specification for incorporating this concept in an economic model of migration. Subsequent testing has confirmed the statistical relevance of the alternative opportunity concept across a number of countries and time periods. The present paper refines the definition of alternative opportunities so that the best alternative variables all come from the same location. In the original formulation, the best alternative variable is the optimum value within a circle determined by the origin and destination points. That formulation permits different locations to provide the best alternatives for the economic variables in the model. The single-place approach of the present paper is more consistent with the migrant's utility calculus which determines a single best alternative location. Using United States data for two time periods, we find that the empirical results support this new formulation.
Single-place alternative opportunities in an economic model of migration
Wadycki, Walter J. (author)
1985
Article (Journal)
English
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