Spatial distribution, internal migration and development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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ID11651306
AuthorsJorge Rodríguez Vignoli (0000-0002-5877-5197, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume2008
Issue96
Pages137-157
Publication date2008-12-07
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCEPAL review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0251-2920 • E-ISSN: 1684-0348
PublisherUnited Nations Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.18356/b9aff409-en
OpenAlexW891069402
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited6

An examination of the links between migration and development using census micro data for 15 Latin American countries reveals that: (i) internal migration is diminishing, which was not foreseen in the specialist literature, (ii) internal migration, while apparently helpful for individuals and beneficial for successful regions, erodes the human resources of poorer regions, and (iii) as a result of increasing urbanization, urban-urban migration is replacing rural to urban migration as the predominant flow and other types of migration are on the increase, an example being intrametropolitan migration which, unlike the traditional kind, is driven by residential and not occupational factors. Where policy is concerned, the governing principle is freedom of movement within a country’s borders, without restrictions or resettlements. Governments have to resort to incentives and indirect measures if they wish to influence migration decisions; however, local measures and regulations do influence intrametropolitan migration choices

Census · Developing country · Development economics · Distribution (mathematics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Human migration · Incentive · Internal migration · Latin Americans · Political science · Population · Sociology · Urbanization · Demography · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

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