The Shape of Mobility: Measuring the Distance Decay Function of Household Mobility

Hipp, John R.; Boessen, Adam

doi:10.1080/00330124.2016.1157495

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“…We hypothesized that distance to the boundary of the PHR or targeted intervention would impact the rate of outflows, that is regions closer to the boundary between a lockdown and non-lockdown region would have higher rates of outflows (i.e. a distance-decay effect; Hipp and Boessen, 2017 ). We found strong evidence of such a distance decay effect in both DID and ITS models, for both the first and second intervention period, where distance to boundary was consistently negatively associated with outflow rates.…”

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Do regionally targeted lockdowns alter movement to non-lockdown regions? Evidence from Ontario, Canada

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Do regionally targeted lockdowns alter movement to non-lockdown regions? Evidence from Ontario, Canada

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“…Dynamics, characteristics of migrants, racial selectivity, and causes of migration were found to vary widely with distance (Tolnay et al, 2005;Biagi et al, 2011;Pendakur and Young, 2013;Niedomysl and Fransson, 2014) and most studies report that distance is negatively correlated to the size of migration (i.e. Greenwood, 1997;Hipp and Boessen, 2016). Furthermore, while long-distance moves are usually motivated by economic opportunities, short-distance moves are more correlated with improvements in quality of life (Ravenstein, 1885(Ravenstein, , 1889Niedomysl, 2011).…”

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The missing ingredient: distance. Internal migration and its long-term economic impact in the United States

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Rodríguez‐Pose

2019

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This paper examines if internal migrants at the turn of the 20 th century have influenced the long-term economic development of the counties where they settled over 100 years ago. Using Census microdata from 1880 and 1910, the distance travelled by American-born migrants between birthplace and county of residence is examined to assess its relevance for the economic development of US counties today. The settlement patterns of domestic migrants across the 48 continental states are then linked to current county-level development. Factors influencing both migration at the time and the level of development of the county today are controlled for. The results of the analysis underline the economic importance of internal migration. Counties that attracted American-born migrants more than 100 years ago are significantly richer today. Moreover, distance is crucial for the impact of internal migration on long-term economic development; the larger the distance travelled by domestic migrants, the greater the long-term economic impact on the receiving territories.

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“…One such application, which we have previously illustrated, is in migration research where estimation of migration distances has for long been hampered by inconsistent data 7 . Distance is key not only for definitional purposes but also to understand migrants’ characteristics and reasons for migration 1,8 . Migration distances are generally derived based on the area centroid of administrative tracts and the measured distance between these resulting centroids.…”

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Population centroids of the world administrative units from nighttime lights 1992-2013

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Knowledge about the past, current and future distribution of the human population is fundamental for tackling many global challenges. Censuses are used to collect information about population within a specified spatial unit. The spatial units are usually arbitrarily defined and their numbers, size and shape tend to change over time. These issues make comparisons between areas and countries difficult. We have in related work proposed that the shape of the lit area derived from nighttime lights, weighted by its intensity can be used to analyse characteristics of the population distribution, such as the mean centre of population. We have processed global nighttime lights data for the period 1992–2013 and derived centroids for administrative levels 0–2 of the Database of Global Administrative Areas, corresponding to nations and two levels of sub-divisions, that can be used to analyse patterns of global or local population changes. The consistency of the produced dataset was investigated and distance between true population centres and derived centres are compared using Swedish census data as a benchmark.

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The Shape of Mobility: Measuring the Distance Decay Function of Household Mobility

Cited by 16 publications

References 52 publications

Do regionally targeted lockdowns alter movement to non-lockdown regions? Evidence from Ontario, Canada

Do regionally targeted lockdowns alter movement to non-lockdown regions? Evidence from Ontario, Canada

The missing ingredient: distance. Internal migration and its long-term economic impact in the United States

Population centroids of the world administrative units from nighttime lights 1992-2013

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