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Migration Selectivity and the Evolution of Spatial Inequality

The basic neoclassical model of migration suggests that migration is induced by real income differentials across locations and will, ceteris paribus, serve to reduce those differentials. And yet the evidence on growing spatial inequality is clear, despite increased migration from poorer to richer areas. At a theoretical level, one route to addressing this potential inconsistency is to introduce agglomeration effects into the standard neoclassical setup. This paper explores an alternative route, based on a theoretical and empirical proposition of the migration literature, namely, that migration is a selective process. Focusing on skilled migration, the paper demonstrates the different forces in play that make selective migration a force for both divergence and convergence, and characterizes where each set of forces dominates. Finally, it explores the consequences for convergence of combining both migration selectivity and agglomeration effects arising from migrant networks.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2004-04

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
International Migration
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Thema
Migration
migration selectivity
human capital formation
convergence

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kanbur, Ravi
Rapoport, Hillel
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics
(wo)
Ramat-Gan
(wann)
2004

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kanbur, Ravi
  • Rapoport, Hillel
  • Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2004

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