Lesson 03 The migration choice.

  • Venturini A., 2004, Postwar Migration in Southern Europe. An Economic Analyses, 1950-2000, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Chapter 2. The Choice to Migrate.
Introduction pp. 48-49
2.1 An Overview of the Economic Models p. 50
2.1.1 The Human Capital Model p. 50
2.1.2 Expected Income Model pp. 51-52
2.1.3 Risk Propensity and Risk Aversion pp. 52-3. (Not the model conclusion p. 54)
2.1.5 Differences in the Utility of Consumption pp. 56-9. (Only equation 13 and the text)
2.2 Comments on an Empirical Version of the Economic Model pp. 66-7
2.3 The Gravitational Approach to Migration pp. 67-69
2.4 The Sociological Approach to the Migration Chain pp. 69-70
2.6 Empirical Tests p. 75
2.6.1 The Gravity Model pp. 75-79
2.6.2 The Economic Model pp. 79-82
2.6.3 The Migratory Chain Model pp. 82-91
2.7 Final Conclusion pp. 91-93