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  • Title: On testing the human capital model of migration.
    Author: Vanderkamp J.
    Journal: Can J Reg Sci; 1986; 9(3):387-94. PubMed ID: 12157896.
    Abstract:
    Vanderkamp argues that the available empirical evidence on the human capital model as applied to migration has enough problems to generate skepticism about its validity. He tests for the validity of the human capital model as applied to migration, with particular emphasis on labor market determinants and consequences. Evidence suggests that people tend to migrate in larger numbers over shorter distances, and from regions with low average wages, low rates of employment growth, and excess supply to regions with high average wages, high employment growth, and excess demand. Despite these tendencies, there has been little change in the ranking of regions with regard to any of these variables. The estimated pay-offs to migration have been small.
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