title: The effect of agricultural price-support policies on interregional and rural-to-urban migration in Korea:  1976-1980.
abstract: The impact of rice price-support policies, designed to increase farmers' income and reduce rural-urban migration in the Republic of Korea, is examined for the period 1976-1980 using a polytomous logistic model. "Our findings revealed that the elasticity of migration with respect to rice yield per origin farm household is positive and is significantly different from zero. The elasticities of migration with respect to rate of urbanization, particularly urban concentration-agglomeration, and population size of the destination are also positive and are significantly different from zero.... Our findings questioned the wisdom of employing rice price price-support programs as a viable policy for reducing interregional and rural-to-urban migration in Korea."
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authors.lastname: Shefer
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001208:Asia; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D006078:Government Programs; D007182:Income; D007723:Korea; D016015:Logistic Models; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011153:Population; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Agriculture; Asia; Demographic Factors; Destination; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Evaluation; Evaluation Report; Family And Household; Geographic Factors; Government Sponsored Programs; Households; Income; Korea; Korea, Republic Of; Logistic Model; Macroeconomic Factors; Mathematical Model; Migration; Migration Policy; Migration, Internal; Models, Theoretical; Organization And Administration; Origin; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Population Size; Programs; Research Methodology; Rural-urban Migration; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization