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An Analysis of Migration Streams for the Canadian Regional System, 1952–1983: 2. Disequilibrium
Author(s) -
Anderson William P.,
Papageorgiou Yorgos Y.
Publication year - 1994
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.1538-4632.1994.tb00315.x
Subject(s) - disequilibrium , context (archaeology) , population , socioeconomic status , econometrics , geography , distribution (mathematics) , economics , aggregate (composite) , demography , mathematics , sociology , medicine , mathematical analysis , archaeology , ophthalmology , materials science , composite material
This is part two of a two‐part series that seeks to specify the factors and processes contributing to aggregate change in the Canadian population distribution over the recent past. In part one, we use a model of migration probabilities to identify socioeconomic factors that explain the observed interregional migration flows. In part two, we use an adjustment process for our regional population system to calculate equilibrium population distributions. The estimated migration probabilities of part one are essential for this calculation, thus linking equilibria with the socioeconomic factors previously identified. Disequilibrium, defined as the difference between observed and equilibrium population distributions, is then used to infer relative growth and decline tendencies in the system. We examine and justify our results in the larger context of contemporary Canadian history.