title: Interstate migration in Mexico:  variations on the Todaro theme.
abstract: "This study of migration in Mexico is based upon a modified Todaro approach and utilizes census data in a simultaneous equations model of 13 variables.  It is unique in several ways:  (a) it introduces proxy variables for employment probability and cost of migration that have not heretofore been found in the literature, but for which data are often available; (b) it illustrates that in some important cases census data have advantages not available through surveys; and (c) it finds that in some sense land reform in Mexico may have operated perversely.  Finally, the study opens a new avenue for the study of informal sector growth."
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D007843:Latin America; D008800:Mexico; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Employment Status; Land Supply; Latin America; Mexico; Migration, Internal; Migration--cost; Models, Theoretical; North America; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status