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1. Social factors: new friends, new surroundings, just to get away (such as from rural areas to cities where “more is happening”), right of passage, family and friends in possible destinations.
2. Physical factors: natural disasters like floods (Katrina), earthquakes, nuclear risks, tsunamis.
3. Demographic factors: demographic transition, maturing of the baby boom out of the most highly mobile age classes.
4. Cultural factors: religion, ethnicity.
5. Communication factors: improved transportation networks (steamships, railroads), radio, TV, cinema, internet—all factors that change the obstacles to migration.
Economic variables employment opportunities
job characteristicsoccupationfull vs part-timeseasonal
earnings employment rate—
probability of getting a job of one's choice
location of alternative opportunities
cost of livinghousing
availabilitycoststyleland valuesaccessibility to jobs
taxesincomepropertysalesinheritance
transportationenergy food and clothingnational inflation rate
education opportunities—for one's self and for one's children
Amenity/disamenity variables exogenous amenities
climatewarmcoldtemperature
variancehumiditywindprecipitation
terrainmountainsforestslakesbeaches
hazardsearthquakestornadoeshurricanesfloods
endogenous amenitiescrimetrafficrecreation
etc.
pollutionhazards
nuclear wastenuclear trafficetc.
mixed endogenous/exogenous amenities/disamenitiessocial/cultural
amenitiespresence of relativespresence of friendsdistance from
relatives and friendsdistance from prior
residencepresence of
minoritieslife styles — social
milieu
availability of health care doctors hospitals nursing homes
recreational amenitiesgolfingfishingsightseeinghuntingswimmingcyclingpicnickinggamingarts and craftsrestaurantsshopping