title: Migrant stock vs. lagged migrant flow as a determinant of migrant settlement.  A comment on Anjomani and Hariri.
abstract: The author comments on a study by Ardeshir Anjomani and Vida Hariri "of United States interstate migration which explicitly incorporates so-called 'flow diversion' and 'flow creation' effects.  Their discussion and evaluation of the model, however, are marred by several factors.  This paper contrasts the roles of migrant stock and lagged migration in migration analysis and then addresses (a) the problems encountered when the 'family-friends' effect is proxied with measures of lagged migrant flows, (b) the problem of using a two-period lagged value of earlier migrant flow as an explanatory variable, and (c) this paper suggests an alternative method of correcting the Anjomani-Hariri model's problems with multicollinearity."
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dunlevy
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Critique; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Family And Household; Intermediate Variables; Kinship Networks; Migration; Migration, Internal; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; United States