title: A theoretical and empirical evaluation and extension of the Todaro migration model.
abstract: "This paper postulates that it is theoretically and empirically preferable to base internal labor migration on the relative difference in rural-urban real income streams and rates of unemployment, taken as separate and independent variables, rather than on the difference in the expected real income streams as postulated by the very influential and often quoted Todaro model.  The paper goes on to specify several important ways of extending the resulting migration model and improving its empirical performance."  The analysis is based on Italian data.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salvatore
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D007558:Italy; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014478:Unemployment
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Employment; Europe; Human Resources; Income; Italy; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; Migration, Internal; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Rural-urban Migration; Socioeconomic Factors; Southern Europe; Unemployment