Practice question · Numerical answer
In which year did Ravenstein publish the paper setting out his laws of migration?
Hints
- It is from the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
- Eighteen eighty-five.
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1885
Why
1885, based on British census data on birthplace. The laws themselves, that most moves are short, that migration proceeds in steps, that each flow generates a counter-flow, are still broadly supported; what has not survived is the individualist decision model later built on top of them.
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