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Inter-regional migration in transition economies: the case of Poland
Ghatak, Subrata; Mulhern, Alan; Watson, John - School of Economics, Kingston University - 2007
The Harris-Todaro model of migration is modified to incorporate the impact of human capital, housing stock and the availability of publicly provided goods like health care and road provision in order to analyse the determinants of migration in different regions of Poland. The Seemingly Unrelated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942536
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The dynamics of inter-regional migration in Poland
Mulhern, Alan; Ghatak, Subrata; Watson, John - School of Economics, Kingston University - 2004
In this paper, we modify the Harris-Todaro model of migration to incorporate the impact of human capital, housing stock and the availability of publicly provided goods like health care and road provision to analyse the determinants of migration in different regions of the transition economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010961068
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Spanish inter-regional migration
Mulhern, Alan; Watson, John; Ghatak, Subrata - School of Economics, Kingston University - 2005
This paper adapts the traditional model of migration to include human capital, housing prices and a region's infrastructure in order to analyse the determinants of migration in the Spanish regions between 1998-2003. Using the Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equations [SURE] model, results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010949190
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Why do not They Move from Rural to Urban Areas? Inter-Regional Migration in Romania
Silaghi, Monica Ioana; Ghatak, Subrata - In: Journal for Economic Forecasting (2011) 1, pp. 143-158
between the separate regions of Romania in the period 1995-2005. The different inter-regional migration routes are treated as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003987
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In Transit: The Well-Being of Migrants from Transition and Post-Transition Countries
Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol Lee - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The extant literature has focused on migration's consequences for the receiving countries. In this paper, we ask a different but important question: how much do migrants gain from moving to another country? Using Gallup World Poll data and a methodology combining statistical matching with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959791
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In Transit: The Well-Being of Migrants from Transition and Post-Transition Countries
Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol Lee - 2014
The extant literature has focused on migration's consequences for the receiving countries. In this paper, we ask a different but important question: how much do migrants gain from moving to another country? Using Gallup World Poll data and a methodology combining statistical matching with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435269
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Reforms that keep you at home : the effects of economic transition on migration
Guzi, Martin; Mikula, Stepan - 2018
Theory asserts that individuals' migration decisions depend more on their expectations about future income levels than on their current income levels. We find that the implementation of market-oriented reforms in post-communist countries, by forming good economic prospects, has reduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810011
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In transit : the well-being of migrants from transition and post-transition countries
Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol - 2014
The extant literature has focused on migration's consequences for the receiving countries. In this paper, we ask a different but important question: how much do migrants gain from moving to another country? Using Gallup World Poll data and a methodology combining statistical matching with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412653
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The selection of migrants and returnees in Romania : evidence and long-run implications
Ambrosini, J. William; Mayr, Karin; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2012
Romania relatively high rates of temporary migration might have positive long-run effects on average skills and wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009550557
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Romania and the New Economy of Migration : Costs, Decision, Networks, Development
Silasi, Grigore; Simina, Ovidiu Laurian - 2012
In some earlier studies, as a response to the media debate during the hot summer of 2006, regarding Romania …’s emigration as following the accession to the EU, we were saying that the fear of mass migration from Romania was not justified …. Romania is not only a gateway for the East-West international migration (like Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece for the South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164766