Arbeitspapier
How do migrants choose their destination country?: an analysis of institutional determinants
For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and institutional determinants, especially labor-market institutions, on migrants' choices. Based on a large data set constructed from micro-data for France, Germany, the UK and the US, we study their decisions to migrate to one of the four countries using a Multinomial Choice framework. Our estimates confirm a number of conventional results such as positive effects of wages and immigrant networks and negative effects of unemployment rates. In addition, we find that employment protection, union coverage and unemployment benefits have positive effects on migration. Also good education and health systems tend to attract migrants, while generous pension systems may deter them. Based on separate estimations for high- and low-skilled migrants, there is evidence that the effects of labor-market institutions differ across skill groups.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2506
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
General Economics and Teaching
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Thema
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Migration
labour-market institutions
micro-data
multinomial choice
Migranten
Entscheidung
Arbeitsmarktflexibilisierung
Lohn
Institutionelle Infrastruktur
Frankreich
Deutschland
Großbritannien
USA
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Geis, Wido
Uebelmesser, Silke
Werding, Martin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (wo)
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Munich
- (wann)
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2022, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Geis, Wido
- Uebelmesser, Silke
- Werding, Martin
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2008
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