title: A multi-disciplinary interpretation of migration:  amenity capitalization in both land and labor markets.
abstract: "Various disciplines have produced models to explain and predict human migration.  A model is presented providing a taxonomy through which interdisciplinary insights can be synthesized.  The imperfect information view emphasizes the role of wage differentials as representing arbitragible real utility differentials.  The perfect information approach holds that wage and rent differentials are compensating differentials, eliminating real utility variation over space.... Empirical results [for the United States] are presented which support the latter equilibrium view.... The increasing relative importance of amenities as a determinant of migration [is suggested]."
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Graves
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sexton
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Knapp
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D003142:Communication; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D004777:Environment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009042:Motivation; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Communication; Cost Benefit Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Environment; Evaluation; Human Resources; Income; Information Distribution; Interdisciplinary Studies; Labor Force; Land Supply; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Motivation; Natural Resources; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Quantitative Evaluation; Research Methodology; Social Welfare; Socioeconomic Factors; Standard Of Living; United States; Wages