Economic motivation versus city lights : testing hypotheses about inter-Changwat migration in Thailand
ARNOLD, F. | COCHRANE, S.
The models tested here are of the gravity flow variety. They are tested in two basic forms, one constrained and one unconstrained. It is very clear from this analysis that: (1) economic factors predominate over the non-economic attraction of urban areas; (2) the economic conditions in destinations relative to origins have significant relationships in the hypothesized direction; (3) male and female migration streams respond to per capita income and unemployment in the same way but males are more responsive to the scarcity or availability of farmland; (4) migration to and from Bangkok tends to respond in a very similar manner to relative income and the availability of farmland as migration to and from other areas; (5) in the unconstrained model, conditions in the area of destination all have significant relationships of the hypothesized signs; (6) conditions in the areas of origin play a far more complex role, since conditions at the area of origin determine not only the push to migrate, but also the ability to afford to migrate; (7) the sign and significance of other economic variables in the origin vary depending on the specifications.
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