Title: Comparative analysis of population evolution models.

POPLINE Document Number: 201636

Author(s):

Andersson AE

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. :265-84.

Abstract:

The economic causes of population redistribution are essentially captured as functions of a set of determinants. This chapter shows that cost of the economic models of population distribution and migration are based on 3 principles: 1) the effect of the population as a pool of labor upon production and income and the effect of income on demographic behavior, 2) the effect of migration distances between pairs of regions (as a migration cost item) upon migration propensities and thus upon migration flow patterns, and 3) the consequences of regional natural resources or public good capacity endowments for the attractiveness of a region, its effect upon population distribution, and its change by migration. These 3 factors have been observed in this book's model, in particular by the specification and estimation procedures employed in the country studies.

Keywords:

Mathematical Model
Migration
Macroeconomic Factors
Demographic Factors
Age Factors
Population Theory
Population Dynamics
Production
Comparative Studies
Models, Theoretical
Research Methodology
Population
Economic Factors
Population Characteristics
Demography
Social Sciences
Studies