This is a study of migration. The Report of the Federal Task Force of Agriculture in 1969 defined increased mobility out of agriculture as a farm policy goal. This goal was seen as a means to help reduce the incidence of poverty in farming. Economic theory identifies costs and benefits as deterring and motivating factors for migration respectively. This study is a study of individual decision making. Retaining a basic cost-benefit framework, decision making is examined with the aid of a model where a decision to migrate is some function of economic and non-economic expectations, and expectations in turn are some function of information about events, and finally information about events is a function of perception. A sample area was selected within Census Division 16 in Saskatchewan and two parallel surveys were conducted in July 1971. Residents of the sample area were interviewed, and outmigrants from the area during the previous five years were located and interviewed. Parametric variables were evaluated via one way analysis of variance producing the F statistic, and non-parametric variables were evaluated using cross tabulations producing the chi square statistic. The study findings and conclusions provide the following information. Rural people do expect a higher level of income as a result of migration. The experience of migrants seems to support these expectations but at a lower level. Job expectations are generally non-specific, any kind of steady employment is seen as desirable. Costs, particularly costs of moving are not perceived as a significant deterrent to moving. Failing health, low incomes and inadequate acreage are the most common motivating events (factors) towards the decision to migrate. Information about an urban environment is most effectively transmitted by personal contact, friends and relatives are most effective in transmitting relevant and reasonably accurate information. / Land and Food Systems, Faculty of / Graduate

Given the fundamental importance of population base to the level of economic activity, an accurate population estimate is essential to most planners. Interprovincial migration is the major factor in differing regional population growth. Hence an understanding of the Canadian "footloose" behaviour of individuals is invaluable. The purpose of this thesis was twofold: first to find the economic determinants of interprovincial migration for two-age cohorts (the working and the retired), for the 1966-1981 (ex-post) and second to forecast the number of working migrants for 1982 (ex-ante). The case of British Columbia was used. The main sources of migration data were the number of account transfers for family allowance and old age security benefits. Structural and time-series models were investigated. The former were used for explaining and forecasting purposes and the latter for forecasting purposes only. The techniques applied were ordinary least squares for the structural models and unconditional non-linear least squares with back forecasting (Box and Jenkins) for the time-series models. The outcome was that income variables, labour variables, housing prices, personal taxes, cost of living variables and housing market variables were all significant determinants of interprovincial migration. One exception was the out-migration of the elderly group where only housing prices and cost of living variables had any significance. The results also indicated that first the elderly were more sensitive to housing prices, personal taxes and cost of living differentials between British Columbia and the rest of Canada and second the two-age cohorts had similar elasticities to migrate for labour and housing market variables. Finally, in combining ex-ante and ex-post results, it was shown that the optimum solution for determining net migration of the working was in-migration estimates minus out-migration estimates using the structural models. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

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This study attempted to assess the major determinants of interprovincial migration in the People's Republic of China. The findings suggest that the classical gravity and pull-push hypotheses can also find supporting evidence in the People's Republic of China. Basically, the differential socio-economic characteristics and circumstances determined interprovincial population movement, but relatively speaking, the destination factors played more important roles. Among the variables examined in the study, destination investment and agricultural income level had the strongest pull-force on migrants. On the other hand, unemployment of destination was found to have a push-force discouraging migrants. From the contrast between the positive effect of the destination investment and negative one of the destination unemployment, a conclusion was drawn that the interprovincial migration was largely job-related. Moreover, people in the origin with a higher level of industrialization were less likely to migrate. The analysis also found that the higher level of educational attainment at the origin relative to that at the destination, the higher the migration. In addition, in spite of the similar influence of population and distance on male and female migration streams, the socio-economic conditions affected male migration stream to a larger extent than female migration streams. / Master of Science

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by Chan Cheong Shing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 155-161. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.i / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.ii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iv / ABSTRACT --- p.v / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- THEORIES OF HUMAN MIGRATION --- p.9 / Chapter 3. --- THE EFFECT OF INFORMATION UPON MIGRANTS' DECISION --- p.22 / Chapter 4. --- THE CASE STUDY IN HAINAN --- p.57 / Chapter 5. --- POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.114 / Chapter 6. --- CONCLUSION --- p.147 / WORKS CITED --- p.155

by Tsang Ka Fai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-168). / ABSTRACT --- p.i-ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii -iv / ABBREVIATIONS --- p.v / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vi -viii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.ix -x / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xi / CHAPTER / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- The Research Problem --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Objectives --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Research Methodology --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Significance of the Research --- p.9 / Chapter 1.5 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.10 / Chapter 2. --- RESETTLEMENT PROJECT : A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Resettlement Experience in the Developing Countries: A Review of the English Literature --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Resettlement Project in China --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Little Concern of the Affected People --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Deficiencies of IRP Studies --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Policy Implementation in China --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary and Conclusion --- p.30 / Chapter 3. --- THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Political-economic Reality of Post-Mao China: A Call for a Relevant Framework --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- The Collapse of a Total Society and the Emergence of an Ungovernable Differentiated Society --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- A Shift from Direct to Indirect State Management --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- The Requirement to Take Note of Local Interests in a Changing Central-local Relation --- p.39 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- The Emergence of Rural Society with More Diverse Interests and Decision-making Mechanisms --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Actor-Network Approach --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- General Background --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Its Arguments --- p.47 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- The Role of Space --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4 --- Implications for the Study of IRP Implementation in China --- p.63 / Chapter 3.5 --- Summary --- p.68 / Chapter 4. --- A DESCRIPTION OF THE SETTING / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.70 / Chapter 4.2 --- Overview of the TGP --- p.71 / Chapter 4.3 --- Historical Background of TGR --- p.76 / Chapter 4.4 --- Basic Characteristics of Zigui County --- p.85 / Chapter 4.5 --- Implications of the Setting for Actor-network Analysis: A Preliminary Statement --- p.92 / Chapter 4.6 --- Summary --- p.95 / Chapter 5. --- INTEGRATED POPULATION RESETTLEMENT IN ZIGUI COUNTY: AN ACTOR-NETWORK APPROACH / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.95 / Chapter 5.2 --- Setting the Scene: The Actor-world --- p.97 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Major Actors involved in Zigui Resettlement Project --- p.97 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Mechanism of Non-human Actors: State Allocation and Mobilization --- p.104 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Social Atmosphere --- p.109 / Chapter 5.3 --- Process of Translation: The IRP Implementationin Tongshuwan Village --- p.115 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Problematization: The Establishment of IRP as Obligatory Passage Point (OPP) --- p.117 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Interessement: Keep the Local Residents on Track --- p.122 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Enrolment: To Make the Local Residents Cooperated --- p.129 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Mobilization: The Success of Translation --- p.140 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary --- p.142 / Chapter 6 --- SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS / Chapter 6.1 --- Summary of the Findings --- p.144 / Chapter 6.2 --- Research limitations --- p.147 / Chapter 6.3 --- Implications of the Study --- p.150 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Theoretical Advancement --- p.151 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Policy Recommendation --- p.152 / Chapter 6.4 --- Directions for Future Research --- p.154 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.155 / Cited Yearbooks & Local Gazettes --- p.155 / Other Publications --- p.156

published_or_final_version / Urban Studies / Master / Master of Social Sciences

Graduation date: 1980

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Canterbury, 2006. / Author's Master of Arts thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184). Also available on the World Wide Web.