Inter-provincial migration of income among Canada's older population

In addition to evaluating the magnitude of income redistribution, the impact of primary, return, and onward migration on regional income distributions is also evaluated, illustrating the importance of return migration in transferring incomes over space. [...] At the same time, the re-distribution of non-earnings income is directly linked to individual migrants, preferences, and their destination choices, rather than the economic opportunities of the sending and destination regions per se that would more likely influence the decisions of labour-force migrants who respond to income and employment opportunities. [...] From the perspective of return and onward migration, the decision to undertake a return migration has frequently been attributed to the ability to access location specific capital, knowledge of the area, and the attraction of family and friends (Long 1988; Newbold and Liaw 1990). [...] In the second section, the distinction between primary, return, and onward migrations are based upon the individual’s province of birth, province of residence in 1996, and province of residence in 2001. [...] In cases where the differential migration component exceeds the net migration component, the characteristics of the migrants and the income they embody drives income redistribution.