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The determinants of regional migration in Great Britain: a duration approach
Author(s) -
Andrews Martyn,
Clark Ken,
Whittaker William
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series a (statistics in society)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-985X
pISSN - 0964-1998
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-985x.2010.00656.x
Subject(s) - unobservable , duration (music) , residence , econometrics , raw data , propensity score matching , panel data , variable (mathematics) , demographic economics , observable , geography , demography , statistics , economics , mathematics , sociology , art , mathematical analysis , physics , literature , quantum mechanics
Summary. Using the British Household Panel Survey 1990–2007, we estimate a discrete duration model of interregional migration in Great Britain. By exploiting retrospective information on residency we control for late entry as well as unobserved heterogeneity. We find considerable duration dependence in region of residence in the raw data, much of which disappears when controlling for observable and unobservable differences between individuals. We illustrate that the usual way of modelling the effect of regional variables on the propensity to migrate gives insignificant and unrobust results and we introduce a new competing risks technique.