Migration with a composite amenity: the role of rents

Philip Graves ()

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: The paper lacks an abstract, but argues that spatially-varying rents can act as a proxy for the bundle of amenities available. Rising national incomes result in movement toward normal amenity locations and away from inferior locations.

Keywords: migration; amenities; rent compensation; weather; climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 D1 J0 N9 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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