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A positive association between rates of in-migration and out-migration across locations has long been observed. This apparent paradox has usually been attributed to the impact of in-migration on population composition. We argue here that the intrinsic structure of population dynamics may also induce this effect, and we develop a formal model of this process. Empirical analyses using migration data for states in the U.S. over 1955–1960, 1965–1970, and 1975–1980 show that the intrinsic mechanism may swamp the compositional effect.
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Mueser, P.R., White, M.J. Explaining the association between rates of in-migration and out-migration. Papers of the Regional Science Association 67, 121–134 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01934671
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