GEOG 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Attractor, 6 Years, Human Capital
9 Dec 2018
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On average, americans move once every 6 years. Out migration rate: out - migrants / total population x 1000. Immigration rate : in-migrations/ total pop x 1000. Net migration rate: immigration - outmigration/ total pop x 1000. Gross migration rate: immigration + outmigration/ total pop x 1000. Moving homes (addresses) within an urban area. You change addresses but often stay close to maintain jobs, school districts friends, The most common form of internal migration. Focuses on structural factors like employment, cost of living, climate. Focuses on individual decision making including perception of places, psychological factors. Workers seek best wages (with unionization and nondiscrimination) Rates might be specific to sectors of the economy. Urban locations thought to be more attractive: strongly the case in global south. Us pattern has reversed somewhat-- the most urban areas are losing people domestically. Individuals migration to maximize income over their lifetime. Migration is an investment, for example college education.
