In advance of our upcoming discussion of migration, this is a potentially interesting and certainly innovative study. The authors use IP addresses for users of Yahoo! services to identify temporary and more permanent migration patterns.
This is actually pretty interesting. How can we actually define migration or define a person as a migrant? At first I was critical of their definition but after thinking about it for a bit it sounds about right. I also thought it was cool how they use common website log in data to help determine who is a tourist and who is a migrant. Yet another practical application given to us by Facebook. I didn't look too deep into this but my hypothesis about migration is as follows: migration is synonnymous with strong trading relations/practices. This explains why the US, France, GB, and countries who are generally connected to the free market, experience more inflows of migrants.
This is actually pretty interesting. How can we actually define migration or define a person as a migrant? At first I was critical of their definition but after thinking about it for a bit it sounds about right. I also thought it was cool how they use common website log in data to help determine who is a tourist and who is a migrant. Yet another practical application given to us by Facebook. I didn't look too deep into this but my hypothesis about migration is as follows: migration is synonnymous with strong trading relations/practices. This explains why the US, France, GB, and countries who are generally connected to the free market, experience more inflows of migrants.
I found this study very interesting. It is interesting how they are able to calculate and differentiate between who is a migrant and who is a tourist. I wonder if there is a way to identify whether migrants enjoy living in another country based on their web searches.
This is actually pretty interesting. How can we actually define migration or define a person as a migrant? At first I was critical of their definition but after thinking about it for a bit it sounds about right. I also thought it was cool how they use common website log in data to help determine who is a tourist and who is a migrant. Yet another practical application given to us by Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI didn't look too deep into this but my hypothesis about migration is as follows: migration is synonnymous with strong trading relations/practices. This explains why the US, France, GB, and countries who are generally connected to the free market, experience more inflows of migrants.
This is actually pretty interesting. How can we actually define migration or define a person as a migrant? At first I was critical of their definition but after thinking about it for a bit it sounds about right. I also thought it was cool how they use common website log in data to help determine who is a tourist and who is a migrant. Yet another practical application given to us by Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI didn't look too deep into this but my hypothesis about migration is as follows: migration is synonnymous with strong trading relations/practices. This explains why the US, France, GB, and countries who are generally connected to the free market, experience more inflows of migrants.
I found this study very interesting. It is interesting how they are able to calculate and differentiate between who is a migrant and who is a tourist. I wonder if there is a way to identify whether migrants enjoy living in another country based on their web searches.
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