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A Time Series Analysis of Regional Income Inequalities and Migration in Japan, 1955–1985
Author(s) -
Gauthier Howard L.,
Tanaka Kyoko,
Smith W. Randy
Publication year - 1992
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.1538-4632.1992.tb00268.x
Subject(s) - economics , inequality , convergence (economics) , economic inequality , net migration rate , time series , divergence (linguistics) , autoregressive integrated moving average , demographic economics , econometrics , macroeconomics , population , demography , mathematics , population growth , sociology , mathematical analysis , linguistics , statistics , philosophy
This study tests the neoclassical concept of interregional migration in post–World War II Japan. The lead‐lag relationship between net migration to a core area and regional income inequalities is examined by modeling an ARIMA transfer function. Until 1961, there was a rapid growth in net migration from the periphery to the core area that was accompanied by rapid divergence in regional income inequalities. Since then, migration to the core apparently has declined due to a convergence of regional income inequalities. The time series analysis indicates there has been short‐run, as well as long‐run, volatility in migration related to cyclical variations in economic performance in the core.