Migration and Regional Convergence in the European Union

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We offer an empirical, econometric analysis of the impact of migration on the EU 27's NUTS-2 regions in the period 2000-2007. While our results indicate that migration had no statistical impact on regional unemployment in the EU it had a significant impact on both per-capita GDP and productivity. The coefficients suggest that a 1 percent increase in immigration to immigration regions increased per-capita GDP by about 0.02 percent and productivity by about 0.03 percent. For emigration regions a 1 percent increase in the emigration rate leads to a reduction of 0.03 percent in per-capita GDP and 0.02 percent in productivity. Since immigration regions are also often regions with above-average GDP and productivity while emigration regions in Europe practically all have below-average GDP, migration seems to induce divergence rather than convergence.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIFO Working Papers ; No. 419

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Migration ; Convergence ; Unemployment ; Internationale Migration ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Räumliche Verteilung ; EU-Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Huber, Peter ; Tondl, Gabriele
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
• (where): Vienna
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/128953
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