One of the migration laws by Ravensten (1885) states that females are more migratory than males within their country, but most international migrants are young males. Due to the current migration trends, I disagree that most international migrants are young males. Studying the migration trends beginning on 1960 onwards, women are travelling longer distances than men. According to the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) (2015), new labor demands, changing ideas about gender, growth of communication and technological innovations are some of the factors that have led skilled women to migrate as equal as men in the current world.

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Ravenstein also stated that the people in rural areas are more likely to migrate than urban dwellers. I also disagree with this migration law since recent trends show that people are moving back to rural areas in great numbers than vice versa. A recent survey by Dominiczak (2014) indicate that as people become wealthier, they are more likely to leave the overcrowded urban centers and settle on the countryside or rural areas. The study which was conducted in England population indicates that by 2025, the rural population will increase dramatically.

Finally, Ravenstein stated that most migrants go only a short distance. I agree with this migration law since most people tend to migrate over short distances as a result of labor mobility. According to Russell (2014), the economic effects of labor spillovers in big cities tend to be stronger over shorter geographical scope. Therefore, as people migrate, they will only migrate within this scope where their skills will be applicable and certainly payoff.

    References
  • Dominiczak, P. (2014). Countryside population to increase dramatically by 2025. The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2017, from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11318308/Countryside-population-to-increase-dramatically-by-2025.html
  • Immigration History Research Center. (2017). Gender Ratios in Global Migration: Men who Migrate, Women who Wait?. College of Liberal Arts | University of Minnesota. Retrieved 21 August 2017, from https://cla.umn.edu/ihrc/news-events/other/gender-ratios-global-migration-men-who-migrate-women-who-wait
  • Ravenstein, E.G. (1885). The Laws of Migration. Journal of the Statistical Society of London. 48(2), 196-199.
  • Russell, J. (2014). No innovation without migration: ‘most migrants only proceed a short distance, and toward centers of absorption’. Pacific Standard. Retrieved 21 August 2017, from https://psmag.com/social-justice/innovation-without-migration-migrants-roceed-short-distance-toward-centers-absorption-90367