The Indirect Estimation of Migration Methods for Dealing with Irregular, Inadequate, and Missing Data /

• Main Authors: Rogers, Andrei (Author), Raymer, James (Author), Little, Jani (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 26
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Geography.; Statistics.; Sociology.; Emigration and immigration.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Migration.; Geography, general.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Sociology, general.

This unique book introduces an essential element in applied demographic analysis: a tool-kit for describing, smoothing, repairing and - in instances of totally missing data - inferring directional migration flows. Migration rates combine with fertility and mortality rates to shape the evolution of h...

Table of Contents:

• Describing Age Structures of Migration
• Describing Spatial Structures of Migration
• Smoothing Age and Spatial Patterns
• Imposing Age and Spatial Patterns
• Inferring Age and Spatial Patterns
• Conclusion.