Information theoretic approach to migration analysis
Authors:
P. Krishnan
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
Abstract:
Information theory is employed to look at certain aspects of migration. It is suggested that the dividedness of a population into “movers” and “stayers” is better assessed by migration entropy. The notion of “migration inequality” is introduced and the principle of minimum entropy suggested as a criterion for fitting migrations models. Canadian census data are utilized for illustration purposes.