Models for Migration Age Schedules: A Bayesian Perspective with an Application to Flows between Scotland and England

International Migration in Europe: Data, Models and Estimates

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 193-205

  Congdon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deviance information criterion (DIC); Dynamic general linear model (DGLM) approach; First and second order random walks; Gross migraproduction rate (GMPR); Labour force peak; Male and female migration rate; Smoothly changing migration propensity; Young adult migration component

Indexed keywords

DEVIANCE INFORMATION CRITERIONS (DIC); GENERAL LINEAR MODELING; GROSS MIGRAPRODUCTION RATE (GMPR); LABOUR FORCE; MIGRATION RATES; RANDOM WALK; SMOOTHLY CHANGING MIGRATION PROPENSITY; YOUNG ADULTS;

EID: 84952793774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470985557.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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