Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus, Moser, Mathias, Raggl, Anna. 2013. On the Determinants of Global Bilateral Migration Flows. WWWforEurope Working Paper 5/2013.
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Abstract
We present a method aimed at estimating global bilateral migration flows and assessing their determinants. We employ that fact that available net migration figures for a country are (nonlinear) aggregates of migration flows from and to all other countries of the world in order to construct a statistical model that links the determinants of (unobserved) migration flows to total net migration. Using simple specifications based on the gravity model for international migration, we find that migration flows can be explained by standard gravity model variables such as GDP differences, distance or bilateral population. The usefulness of such models is exemplified by combining estimated specifications with population and GDP projections in order to assess quantitatively the expected changes in migration flows to Europe in the coming decades.
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Working/discussion paper, preprint |
Language | English |
Title | On the Determinants of Global Bilateral Migration Flows |
Title of whole publication | WWWforEurope Working Paper 5/2013 |
Year | 2013 |
URL | http://www.wifo.ac.at/publikationen?detail-view=yes&publikation_id=46849 |
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- People
- Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus (Details)
- Moser, Mathias (Details)
- Raggl, Anna (Former researcher)
- Organization
- Department of Economics (Crespo Cuaresma) (Details)
- Demography Group
AB
(Former organization)
- Research Institute for Human Capital and Development FI (Former organization)
- Competence Center for Sustainability Transformation and Responsibility WE (Details)
- Economics of Inequality FI (Details)
- Research Institute for Human Capital and Development FI (Former organization)