Gravity models: A tool for migration analysis

Artikel

Gravity models have long been popular for analyzing economic phenomena related to the movement of goods and services, capital, or even people; however, data limitations regarding migration flows have hindered their use in this context. With access to improved bilateral (country to country) data, researchers can now use gravity models to better assess the impacts of migration policy, for instance, the effects of visa restriction policies on migration flows. The specification, estimation, and interpretation of gravity models are illustrated in different contexts and limitations of current practices are described to enable policymakers to make better informed decisions.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2016 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Forecasting Models; Simulation Methods
• Subject: gravity models ; international migration ; migration determinants ; migration policies

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ramos, Raul
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.239
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/148464
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET