Modelling the dynamics of internal migration flows in Spain

This paper presents a novel method for modelling internal migration dynamics using non-stationary causative matrices. Its application to annual migration flows in Spain reveals changes in location preferences of migrants between 1986 and 2003. Our approach also indicates some instability in Spain's migratory system prior to the late 1990s, as opposed to a negligible instability after that. Copyright (c) 2008 the author(s). Journal compilation (c) 2008 RSAI.