title: The macrodynamics of international migration as a sociocultural diffusion process.  Part A:  theory.
abstract: "This study formulates a model of the macrodynamics of international migration using a differential equation to capture the push-pull forces that propel it.  The model's architecture rests on the functioning of information feedback between settled friends and family at the destination and potential emigrants at the origin."  The author tests the model using data on Greek emigration to the United States since 1820 and on total emigration from Cyprus since 1946.
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authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Diamantides
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003535:Cyprus; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006115:Greece; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Asia; Cyprus; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Europe; Family And Household; Friends And Relatives; Greece; International Migration; Kinship Networks; Mediterranean Countries; Migration; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Southern Europe; United States; Western Asia