Estimation of a human capital model of migration.
"The main deficiency of the current literature on the determinants of migration is the large gap between theoretical analyses and empirical applications.  If no direct link is established between a theoretical model and its empirical specification, the empirical results cannot validate the model.  This paper develops a version of the human capital model of migration which permits empirical specification.  The human capital model presented incorporates two important concepts from migration theory:  (1) an index of characteristics that uniquely define a specific location; and (2) location-specific human capital.  The empirical model is estimated with a data set consisting of a number of cases from the Michigan [United States] Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) survey."
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D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006280:Health Workforce; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D014481:United States
Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Human Resources; Migration--determinants; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; United States