Modelling migration flows between areas: an analysis for London using the census and OPCS Longitudinal Study
Congdon, P.
Regional Studies 23(2): 87-103
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-3404 PMID: 12315621 DOI: 10.1080/00343408912331345322Document Number: 359572
"This paper analyses migration between the London boroughs using a discrete probability model, but with a correction for excess dispersion to that expected under the Poisson process. Two sources of migration data are used: one-year migration from the 1981 Census; and ten-year migration from the OPCS Longitudinal Study. The evidence from both sets is that both housing and labour market factors are relevant to explaining interborough migration, in addition to the distance and mass terms of the basic gravity model. The labour market effects suggest that migration generally equilibrates differences in excess labour supply between the boroughs, though less strongly in the recession year 1980-81." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND GER)