This study provides a theoretical framework for multilevel analysis of migration decision-making based on the human capital theory. The main contention of the study is that individuals behave with respect to migration as if they were making a rational calculus of lifetime earnings. Earnings are determined by personal characteristics and macrolevel factors. The multilevel determination of lifetime earnings calls for a multilevel analysis of migration decision-making. The human capital-contextual model is more general than single-level micro models in that no a priori restrictions of 0 coefficients on macrolevel factors are imposed and in that it can incorporate subsequent migration which takes place long after the initial move. / The model was tested using 1980 census data on Puerto Rican return and nonreturn migrants. The empirical analysis supported the following hypotheses: macrolevel factors are important determinants of migration at the microlevel; individuals reevaluate the migration decision each time a change in macrolevel factors occurs; long-term return migrants base their migration decision on more accurate information than short-term return migrants; the "failure prototype" does not accurately characterize long-term return migrants; and migrants who encounter more favorable macrolevel factors at the destination are more likely to have longer duration of residence at the initial location. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-12, Section: A, page: 3825. / Major Professor: Joan Gustafson Haworth. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77896 |
| Contributors | Enchautegui, Maria E., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 193 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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