Question

1. How does the closure of employer(s) (e.g. military bases in Germany) effect migration patters
2. How do migration patterns change over time / generations
1. with respect to skill acquisition

Agents/patches

1. person
2. employers
3. recruiters (find people to work)
4. zone/country/area
   

Behaviours

1. find job
2. decide whether to migrate (based on attributes adjusted by other behaviours e.g. )
3. decide whether to return
   
4. get permission to work
5. contact famility and friends (re-enforce relationships)
   
6. visit relative
7. claim benefit
8. ask friends/family for support
9. learn local language(s)
10. learn local cultural norms
11. send money 'home' (remittance)
12. make new local relationships
13. lifecycle
14. learn new skills (i.e. relevant to migration target)
    
15. 
    

Attributes and parameters

1. wealth (disposable income of person)
2. wage (of job)
   
3. geographical location (of employer)
4. language (of person)
   
5. culture (of person)
6. institutional (of country)
7. inconvenience of communication between relatives
8. cost of living (in specific geographical location)
9. relationships (e.g. ties to famility and friends) - use Dunbar number?
10. religious affiliation
11. time away from 'home'
12. quality of life assessment
13. gender
14. experience of destination migration location
15. strength of obligation to learn a language (pertaining to geographical location)
16. cost of sending money (pertains to link between two locations)