title: "Money illusion" and migration decisions:  an international comparison of the United States and Canadian experiences.
abstract: "This paper argues that migrant behaviour should be, in the absence of 'money illusion', sensitive to geographic living-cost differentials.  The empirical findings of this paper strongly imply that, in the United States and Canada, the cost of living is an important determinant of migration patterns and that omission of the living-cost variable from the migration regression constitutes a specification error."  The study is based on net migration data for 36 SMSAs in the United States and 22 CMAs (Central Metropolitan Areas) in Canada  (SUMMARY IN  FRE, GER)
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cebula
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002170:Canada; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005843:Geography; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Canada; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Migration; Migration, Internal; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Standard Of Living; United States