The Indirect Estimation of Migration: Methods for Dealing with Irregular, Inadequate, and Missing Data - Softcover

Rogers, Andrei; Little, Jani; Raymer, James

9789048189168: The Indirect Estimation of Migration: Methods for Dealing with Irregular, Inadequate, and Missing Data

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ISBN 10: 9048189160 ISBN 13: 9789048189168

Publisher: Springer, 2010

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This unique book introduces an essential element in applied demographic analysis: a tool-kit for describing, smoothing, repairing and, in instances of totally missing data, inferring directional migration flows.

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“The book contains much of interest to established researchers, but it should also prove helpful to those new to the area of migration modelling given its lucid descriptions of methods, simple examples and an accompanying website which contains data and programs. ... this is an impressive volume. ... The Indirect Estimation of Migration should provide an excellent reference for any researcher or practitioner involved in migration and projections research who has to deal with imperfect migration data.” (Tom Wilson, Journal of Population Research, Vol. 27, 2010)

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This unique book introduces an essential element in applied demographic analysis: a tool-kit for describing, smoothing, repairing and - in instances of totally missing data - inferring directional migration flows. Migration rates combine with fertility and mortality rates to shape the evolution of human populations. Demographers have found that all three generally exhibit persistent regularities in their age and spatial patterns, when changing levels are controlled for. Drawing on statistical descriptions of such regularities, it is often possible to improve the quality of the available data by smoothing irregular data, imposing the structures of borrowed and related data on unreliable data, and estimating missing data by indirect methods. Model migration schedules and log-linear models are presented as powerful methods for helping population researchers, historical demographers, geographers, and migration analysts work with the data available to them.

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