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Explaining Migration: Brief Overview of Selected Theories

In: Forecasting International Migration in Europe: A Bayesian View

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  • Jakub Bijak

    (School of Social Sciences, Centre for Population Change and S3RI, University of Southampton)

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Attempts to synthesise knowledge on population movements in the form of a coherent theory date back to migration laws of Ravenstein (1885; 1889). Ravenstein generalised observations on internal migration in Great Britain and found that the intensity of the process was influenced by several factors: distance, population size of the origin and destination regions, absorption capacities of the latter, sex of migrants, etc. Although he found the rural-urban flows to be dominant, he also acknowledged the presence of return migration. Concerning the twentieth century followers of Ravenstein, the efforts to develop a theoretical framework of migratory phenomena have been made by the representatives of various disciplines of science, including sociology, economics, and human geography.

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  • Jakub Bijak, 2011. "Explaining Migration: Brief Overview of Selected Theories," The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, in: Forecasting International Migration in Europe: A Bayesian View, chapter 0, pages 37-51, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ssdmcp:978-90-481-8897-0_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8897-0_3
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