Arbeitspapier

Multilateral resistance to migration

The rate of migration observed between two countries does not depend solely on their relative attractiveness, but also on the one of alternative destinations. Following the trade literature, we term the influence exerted by other destinations on bilateral flows as Multilateral Resistance to Migration, and we show how it can be accounted for when estimating the determinants of migration flows in the context of a general individual random utility maximization model. We propose the use of the Common Correlated Effects estimator (Pesaran, 2006) and apply it to high-frequency data on the Spanish immigration boom between 1997 and 2009. Compared to more restrictive estimation strategies developed in the literature, the bias goes in the expected direction: we find a smaller effect of GDP per capita and a larger effect of migration policies on bilateral flows.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5958

Classification
Wirtschaft
International Migration
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Subject
international migration
economic determinants
migration policies
time-varying attractiveness
multiple destinations
Internationale Wanderung
Makroökonomischer Einfluss
Migrationspolitik
Spanien

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bertoli, Simone
Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2011

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201109297577
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Bertoli, Simone
  • Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2011

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