A MULTI-STREAM ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGING PATTERN OF INTERREGIONAL MIGRATION IN GREAT-BRITAIN, 1960-1991

This paper uses a combination of spatial and econometric modelling tec hniques to investigate longer term patterns and processes of change in British interregional migration, starting from a distinction between an (employment oriented) national movement stream and a (housing and e nvironment related) regional stream. The two major influences on the l onger distance flows are found to be relative rates of employment grow th and perceived environmental quality, bur while the former induces m arked fluctuations wi;hin the observation period, the influence of the latter factor shows little variation, with no sign of a clean break. There is, however, evidence of a sharply reduced responsiveness of mig ration to unemployment differentials since the mid-1970s.