Migration is the principal demographic process shaping patterns of human settlement, and it
serves an essential role in human development. While progress has been made in …

We know that internal migration shapes human settlement patterns, but few attempts have
been made to measure systematically the extent of population redistribution or make …

Compared with other demographic processes, little attention has been given to the way
levels and patterns of internal migration vary around the world. This can be traced in part to …

The frequency with which people move home has important implications for national
economic performance and the well-being of individuals and families. Much contemporary …

BACKGROUND It is well established that migrants are a selected group with respect to a
number of characteristics, including education. However, the extent to which the degree of …

Despite anecdotal evidence of a COVID‐19 induced decline in the intensity of interstate
migration in Australia, population‐level evidence is limited. The recent release of the 2020 …

This chapter sets the case-study countries of Chapters 5–11 in a wider context. It does so by
presenting evidence on migration levels and trends for a wider range of countries across the …

While the economic benefits of internal migration are widely documented, the social costs of
internal migration have received comparatively less attention. In addition, most studies focus …

Internal migration, the movement of people between localities and regions within a country,
has resulted in a significant redistribution of national populations. Past cross-national …

Because internal and international migration are typically conceptualized and measured
separately, empirical evidence on the links between these two forms of population …