Interregional Migration and Regional Economic Structure

Chapter 3 explores the role of regional economic structure in the wage differential driven migration. It mainly focuses on the diminishing role of wage differential driven migration with the possible complementary roles of interregional trade and regional economic structures. Negative correlation between interregional trade and wage differentials is an evidence for the confining role of the trade on interregional wage differentials. If wage differentials within the inertia range are continuously confined to certain level due to the role of interregional trade, wage differentials fail to explain the interregional migration as proposed by the utility maximization theory. Regional economic structure plays an important role to explain inter-MSA migration.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Urban and Regional Planning

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Lim, Jaewon

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hewings, Geoffrey J.D.

• Geography

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3269963

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79547