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CHANGES IN ELASTICITIES OF INTERSTATE MIGRATION: IMPLICATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUNCTIONAL FORMS *
Author(s) -
Goss Ernest,
Chang Hui S.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1983.tb00798.x
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , econometrics , census , economics , mathematics , population , demography , philosophy , epistemology , sociology
"... Problems of using a linear, log-linear, or other simple functional forms for the study of interstate migration have been discussed. A general form and the procedure to estimate it have been introduced. 1970 [U.S.] Census data for the 48 contiguous states have been used to estimate the parameters in the general form."