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Disaggregate Migration Behavior and the Volume of Interregional Migration
Author(s) -
Odland John,
Ellis Mark
Publication year - 1987
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/j.1538-4632.1987.tb00119.x
Subject(s) - odds , multinomial logistic regression , destinations , sample (material) , nested logit , population , econometrics , human migration , internal migration , geography , demographic economics , demography , logistic regression , economics , statistics , mathematics , sociology , chemistry , tourism , archaeology , chromatography
Nested multinomial logit models are used to investigate migration behavior during the 1971–74 period for a large sample of the population of Ecuador. The nested form of the model makes it possible to test hypotheses about the importance of destination characteristics in conditioning the odds for out‐migration. Our empirical results indicate that the odds for migration from each origin are conditioned by the expected utilities of the available set of destinations, as well as characteristics of the origins and the personal characteristics of potential migrants. The association between destination characteristics and the frequency of out‐migration allows the total volumes of migration to be adjusted to interregional differences in place‐specific utilities.