Practice question · Select all that apply
Which observations does the simple push–pull model fail to account for?
Hints
- Three of these are the specific findings that the three later theories were built to explain.
- Ask which observation is simply a fact about size rather than about mechanism.
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- B. Destination economies show durable demand for labour in jobs natives decline at the going wage
- C. Flows persist along established corridors long after the original cause has weakened
- D. Households send one member and receive remittances rather than relocating together
Why
Each of the first three motivated one of the successor theories: networks explain persistence, dual labour market theory explains structural demand, and the new economics explains the household strategy behind remittances. The fourth is true and important but it is a magnitude, not something push–pull gets wrong.
Practise Contemporary Migration
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