A Migration Model Based on the Difference in Utility between Regions

Abstract

Recently many people have moved to Kanto area in Japan. This migration has caused serious problems, for example high land price in Tokyo, overpopulation and congestion problems. In order to resolve these roblem, several countermeasures have been taken. This study aims to develop a migration model to explain its causes and mechanism. We made two kinds of models to analyse the migration between regions and also between prefectures in Kanto area. In these models, the opportunity in migration and the regional utility explained by income, land price etc. are defined and used as exogenous variables. As a result, the opportunity in migration, income and land price can be pointed out as important variables.