native population growth to the economic incentives offered by ruralcounties in the Midwest and the South. We find that in … immigrant population inthese nontraditional rural destinations is not tied to concentrations of existing immigrantpopulations …. Rural immigrant population growth is more responsive than native populations toeconomic incentives and immigrant growth is …

waves to estimate how regional population reacts to asymmetric shocks. These shocks are measured by non-employment rates … regions as identifying information. Because we include region and time effects, we interpret regression-adjusted population … changes as proxies for regional migration. Comparing the results with those for the United States and the European Union, the …

This paper summarizes the research on population-related issues done between 1980-2002. The review organized the … research into the following areas: (a) demographic processes (fertility, mortality, migration, gender in demographic process …); (b) program-related research; (c)population and environment; (d) population and poverty. Finally, for each of these …

migration, fertility, and mortality. The term demography comes from Greek word and means “describing people.” Thus, this … discipline deals with the characteristics of the population, taking into account features such as, sex ratio, age structure …, composition, spatial distribution, and population density. In addition, sometimes a distinction is made between “formal demography …

native population growth to the economic incentives offered by rural counties in the Midwest and the South. We find that in … immigrant population in these nontraditional rural destinations is not tied to concentrations of existing immigrant populations …. Rural immigrant population growth is more responsive than native populations to economic incentives and immigrant growth is …

considerable demographic progress since 1947; however it seems that the country’s population will reach about 1.4 billion by the …

Economic theory predicts that individual migration decisions for working-age adults will depend on area differences in … prices in migration analyses. We first provide conditions under which utility-maximizing housing costs can be specified as a … of holding housing capital. We test our housing cost measure using observations of point-to-point migration decisions for …

developed world. On the flip side, migration has been blamed for the woes of modern cities overlooking the fact that urban … planning and governance are equally responsible. Indian cities are a result of large scale migration over time-a fact which has …