Migration Models

Who suggested the Todaro model?

• Michael Todaro

• Karl Marx

• Adam Smith

• John Maynard Keynes

What is the Todaro model about?

• The economic situation of a family in an LEDC when a child migrates to an urban area

• The cause of most migration within LEDCs or from LEDCs to MEDCs

• The income pattern experienced by a migrant when they move from a rural area to an urban area in an LEDC

• The spread of costs and benefits among a family when a child migrates to an urban area

According to the Todaro model, are migrants aware of the income pattern they will experience when they move from a rural area to an urban area in an LEDC?

• Yes, they are aware of it

• No, they are not aware of it

• It is not mentioned in the article

What do migrants weigh up before deciding to move to an urban area, according to the Todaro model?

• The long-term benefits of moving versus staying in the rural area

• The short-term benefits of moving versus staying in the rural area

• The cost of migration versus the income they will make in the urban area

• The long & short term benefits of moving versus staying in the rural area

What is Stark's new economies of migration model about?

• The economic situation of a family in an LEDC when a child migrates to an urban area

• The cause of most migration within LEDCs or from LEDCs to MEDCs

• The income pattern experienced by a migrant when they move from a rural area to an urban area in an LEDC

• The spread of costs and benefits among a family when a child migrates to an urban area

How does Stark's model differ from Todaro's model?

• Stark's model considers the individual migrating, while Todaro's model considers the family as a whole

• Todaro's model considers the individual migrating, while Stark's model considers the family as a whole

• Both models are the same

• It is not mentioned in the book

What is shown in Stark's model as a flow diagram?

• The costs and benefits of migration for the individual migrant

• The spread of costs and benefits among the family when a child migrates to an urban area

• The income pattern experienced by a migrant when they move from a rural area to an urban area in an LEDC

• The cause of most migration within LEDCs or from LEDCs to MEDCs

What is the Marxist/Structuralist Theory model about?

• The economic situation of a family in an LEDC when a child migrates to an urban area

• The cause of most migration within LEDCs or from LEDCs to MEDCs

• The income pattern experienced by a migrant when they move from a rural area to an urban area in an LEDC

• The spread of costs and benefits among a family when a child migrates to an urban area

What does the Marxist/Structuralist Theory suggest is the cause of most migration within LEDCs or from LEDCs to MEDCs?

• The desire for a better quality of life in MEDCs

• The need to escape political persecution in LEDCs

• Capitalism and the use of cheap migrant labor from LEDCs to aid production for large capitalist MEDC companies

Who benefits more from the arrangement of using cheap migrant labor from LEDCs to aid production for large capitalist MEDC companies, according to the Marxist/Structuralist Theory?

• The migrants themselves

• The LEDC workers

• The MEDC companies

• It is not mentioned in the book