On 2004-04-08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
>Even if people's preferences were uniform with respect to climate
>(which I doubt they are; I have a perverse friend who simply revels in
>Chicago winter), they would not be uniform with respect to population
>density.
Well, you know, I'm one of the peop
--- Sampo Syreeni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In fact we might expand the rationale to something I once asked: in the
> event totally free economy ever came about, and transportation continued
> to get cheaper, would the total populus of the Earth eventually live in
> a narrow band centered on the
The primary determinant of where working class (i.e., most) people want to
move is better jobs. This is true within the US, as places like Washington,
DC, continue to boom. This is true for Latin Americans clamoring to come to
the US.
If Siberians are moving to warmer locales, my guess is that t
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Bryan Caplan wrote:
> And you don't think it's mostly hot air?
Think it would slow migration, at least at first.
> So I take it that these income differences already count the central
> government's subsidies to Newfoundland, etc.?
I'll need to double check them, but yeah.
On 2004-04-08, Christopher Auld uttered:
>Well, for professionals under NAFTA there already is more or less free
>migration.
So do we have statistics on the migration characteristics of
professionals? With pretty arrows, as in weather forecasts? That'd
pretty much settle the question, especially
On 2004-04-08, Bryan Caplan uttered:
>Question: If there were free migration between the U.S. and Canada,
>would Canada lose a lot of population to California, Florida, and other
>more desirable locations?
In fact we might expand the rationale to something I once asked: in the
event totally free
In a message dated 4/8/2004 3:34:39 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Question: If there were free migration between the U.S. and Canada,>would Canada lose a lot of population to California, Florida, and other>more desirable locations?In fact we might expand the rationale to s
Eric Crampton wrote:
Mass migration would be incredibly unlikely in the short term. Too much
Canadian nationalism.
And you don't think it's mostly hot air?
Longer term, though, increasing migration would put
pressure on the Canadian govt to adopt more sensible policies to reduce
outflow. At lea
I don't think you would see much more migration from the great north to sunnier
climates than we do now. Most people in Canada live within a short distance of the
American border. The climate is not very harsh there: much less so than, say,
Siberia. Canada is consistently rated one of the bes
Mass migration would be incredibly unlikely in the short term. Too much
Canadian nationalism. Longer term, though, increasing migration would put
pressure on the Canadian govt to adopt more sensible policies to reduce
outflow. At least that would be my guess.
There are huge regional differences
Well, for professionals under NAFTA there already is more or less free
migration. My casual impression is that most migration which does
actually occur is retirement to certain areas in the southern US
("snowbirds"). Further immigration leniency would be unlikely to have
large effects. Recall th
Can any Canada experts weigh in? That includes all Canadians. Eric?
fabio guillermo rojas wrote:
Yes - evidence: the population of Canada is highly clustered around the
border. I have hunch they would bolt the second the border was opened.
Fabio
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Bryan Caplan wrote:
Questi
Maybe look at migration of the Northern tier US states and put in a climate
variable. Except for those getting out of the concentration camps and
leaving the economically unsustainable post-communist communities, I wonder
how strong the climate variable is in Russian migration. Casual
conversatio
Check out:
http://atlas.gc.cas/site/english/maps/peopleandsociety/population/density
It's a map of Canadian population density. Highest density around the
great lake and the west coast. Otherwise, just a bunch of wawas up
there. Fabio
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Bryan Caplan wrote:
> Can any Canada exp
Yes - evidence: the population of Canada is highly clustered around the
border. I have hunch they would bolt the second the border was opened.
Fabio
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Bryan Caplan wrote:
> Question: If there were free migration between the U.S. and Canada,
> would Canada lose a lot of populati
I just noticed a very interesting piece from the 80's by my colleague
Russ Roberts - "A Positive Model of Private Charity and Public
Transfers" published in the JPE in 1984.
Russ has a model of charitable crowding out. But what's really
interesting are a couple of simple facts he presents.
1. Cha
With the collapse of internal migration restrictions, Russians are
leaving Siberia for warmer locales in the south and big cities. No big
surprise there.
Question: If there were free migration between the U.S. and Canada,
would Canada lose a lot of population to California, Florida, and other
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