An overview of internal migration : a case study in Perak State from 1970 to 2000
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Date
2004-03
Authors
How, Kok Seng
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Internal migration transition for the last 30 years in Malaysia has reflected the trend of
economic growth. The mobility tends to focus on certain growth poles from those less
developed region. This study is mainly to depict the interaction between the transition
of internal migration and economics growth taken place in Perak with other states in
Malaysia. Furthermore, it justified the migration flows in terms of internal migration
model by incorporates certain determinants. This study is conducted by applying the
longitudinal observations of 30 years secondary data, which was collected and later
reconciling with the regression analysis. The findings showed that the economics
growth especially in the secondary and tertiary industries such as manufacturing and
services sectors initiated the momentum of internal migration due to structural change
in this period. It also revealed the inconsistency of macro function estimation in
explaining the variations of internal migration in the case study of Perak. This resulted
a number of further observations regarding the wages and jobs elasticity, education as
well as income distribution should be carried out.
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Migration