Modelling the dynamics of internal migration flows in Spain

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 683-692

  Hierro, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internal migration; Non stationary causative matrices; Non stationary transition probabilities; Spain; Stability

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL MIGRATION; MATRIX; MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 68549098141     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2008.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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