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Destination Choice of Athenians: An Application of Geographically Weighted Versions of Standard and Zero Inflated P oisson Spatial Interaction Models
Author(s) -
Kalogirou Stamatis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
geographical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-4632
pISSN - 0016-7363
DOI - 10.1111/gean.12092
Subject(s) - poisson regression , geographically weighted regression , inference , econometrics , internal migration , zero (linguistics) , poisson distribution , regression analysis , empirical research , regression , gravity model of trade , computer science , geography , statistics , mathematics , economics , demography , artificial intelligence , sociology , population , linguistics , philosophy , international trade
The main aim of this article is to combine recent developments in spatial interaction modeling to better model and explain spatial decisions. The empirical study refers to migration decisions made by internal migrants from Athens, Greece. To achieve this, geographically weighted versions of standard and zero inflated Poisson (ZIP) spatial interaction models are defined and fit. In the absence of empirical studies for the effect of potential determinants on internal migration decisions in Greece and the presence of an excessive number of zero migration flows among municipalities in Greece, this article provides empirical evidence for the power of the proposed Geographically Weighted ZIP regression method to better explain destination choices of Athenian internal migrants. We also discuss statistical inference issues in relation to the application of the proposed regression techniques.