Title: A computer program for the estimation of utilities and mobilities.

POPLINE Document Number: 201632

Author(s):

Munz M
Reiner R

Source citation:

In: Interregional migration: dynamic theory and comparative analysis, [edited by] W. Weidlich [and] G. Haag. Berlin, Federal Repubic of Germany, Springer-Verlag, 1988. :365-81.

Abstract:

Munz and Reiner list a computer program written in Fortran 77 for the estimation of the utilities and mobilities. For simplicity, the log-linear estimation procedure is used. A program for the non-linear estimation procedure is obtained from the listed program by substituting the subroutine ESTIMA by a more complicated one for solving the nonlinear equations arising in this case. The program enables one to perform a decomposition of the total mobility matrix to a time-dependent global mobility function and a time-independent deterrence matrix. Statistical tests including the correlation coefficient, the adjusted correlation and Fishers F-value, are computed using the total mobility and the reduced mobility.

Keywords:

Computer Programs and Programming
Estimation Technics
Population Theory
Population Dynamics
Migration
Information Processing
Information
Research Methodology
Demography
Social Sciences
Demographic Factors
Population