An Analysis of Interregional Migration in Texas: 1965-1970

Even a cursory review reveals a burgeoning literature on the economic analysis of gross directional migration flows. The more recent research has concentrated on expanding and refining migration models which explain interstate migration over particular time periods. These models neglect two aspects of migration: (1) the gross directional flows between relatively small geographical areas and (2) the stability over time of the parameters derived from the models. While this study is directed toward the former, the determinants of migration between state economic areas in Texas, the results also suggest that parameters derived from the analysis of a given time period do not necessarily hold for other time periods.