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INTERNAL MIGRATION IN CONTEMPORARY NEPAL: MODELS WHICH INTERNALIZE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Author(s) -
Thapa Poonam,
Conway Dennis
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1983.tb00802.x
Subject(s) - ordinary least squares , partial least squares regression , econometrics , regression , government (linguistics) , least squares function approximation , variables , regression analysis , set (abstract data type) , internal migration , instrumental variable , economics , structural equation modeling , mathematics , statistics , developing country , computer science , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , estimator , programming language
A set of models is developed to assess at the interdistrict level the relative importance of economic, demographic, social and government policy determinants of internal migration in Nepal. The first “proximate” model and the second “structural” model estimates are generated using ordinary least squares regression and specification error is investigated by spatial autocorrelation tests of the residuals of each model in its reduced form. These two models are developed to extract the important variables. Finally, to formalize and evaluate empirically the linkages between the “proximate” and “structural” determinants, a simultaneous equation model is developed using three stage generalized least squares regression.