distribution into three main components: efficiency, amenities, and frictions. Higher efficiency and better amenities lead to … MSAs in the United States, we parametrize the model and empirically estimate efficiency, amenities and frictions …

the literature on the US which has increasingly focused on the role of amenities, existing research in Europe tends to … highlight the predominance of economic conditions as the main drivers of migration. Differentiating between economic, socio … analyzing net migration data for 133 European regions between 1990 and 2006. Our results show that, in addition to economic …

important effects on the evolution of cities. In recent decades, cities with better amenities have grown faster. Agglomeration …

different levels of migration frictions. We bring the model to the data for the whole world economy at a 1º times 1º geographic … resolution. We then use the model to quantify the gains from relaxing migration restrictions as well as to describe the evolution … of the distribution of economic activity in the different migration scenarios. Our results indicate that fully …

This paper summarizes the study design of the Rural–Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMiCI) project. We first … identifying the migration status of each household in the sampling frame, using a presurvey listing. This is followed by a …

population) and out-migration is lower the poorer and the less unequal the village of residence. Our results are consistent with …

This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania …. Using a 13-year panel survey, the authors find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to … migration of some categories of people. …

In 1986, Congress attempted to reduce the incentives for unauthorized migration by eliminating U.S. employment …