Forecasting scottish migration in the context of the 2014 constitutional change debate

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 455-464

  Wiśniowski, Arkadiusz ^a   Bijak, Jakub ^a   Shang, Han Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Constitutional referendum; Migration; Scotland; Time series; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; EMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION; INDEPENDENCE; INTERNAL MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84903764623     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1856     Document Type: Article

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