title: An economic analysis of migration in Mexico.
abstract: This paper analyzes internal migration in Mexico over the 1960-70 period.  A model of the determinants of migration is specified and estimated for aggregated interstate migration flows.  Results show that distance serves as a significant deterrent to migration, that higher destination earning levels are attractive to migrants, and that regions with high unemployment rates experience lower rates of inmigration.  An unanticipated finding is that regions with higher earning levels have greater rates of outmigration.  The data are disaggregated to examine separate migration relationships for each state.  The results are that distance is a lesser deterrent for those migrants with more accessible alternatives, that higher earning levels reduce the deterring effects of distance, and that regions with higher earning levels have lower associated elasticities of migration.  It is concluded that economic factors have played a crucial role in internal migration and thus in the changing occupational and geographic structure of the Mexican labor force.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ladman
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005843:Geography; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D007843:Latin America; D008800:Mexico; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Distance; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Employment Status; Geographic Factors; Human Resources; Income; Labor Force; Latin America; Locale; Mexico; Migration; Migration, Internal--determinants; North America; Population; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Statistical Regression; Statistics