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Population Decline in Lithuania : Who Lives in Declining Regions and Who Leaves?
Ubarevičienė, Rūta - 2016
Since the 1990s, Lithuania lost almost a quarter of its population, and some regions within the country lost more than … in Lithuania. The main focus is on understanding who lives in those regions which are rapidly losing population, and who … regions. This paper provides empirical evidence of selective migration and increasing regional disparities in Lithuania. While …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983913
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Shrinking Regions in a Shrinking Country : The Geography of Population Decline in Lithuania 2001-2011
Ubarevičienė, Rūta - 2014
spatial dimension of population decline on the national level. Lithuania is one of the countries which have experienced very … in Lithuania of 17.2% between 1989 and 2011, with the decrease being more intense during the second decade of the period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057039
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The Competitive Earning Incentive for Sons : Evidence from Migration in China
Li, Wenchao - 2015
This paper first finds a clear pattern of child gender difference in family migration in China. Specifically, our estimates show that on average, the first child being a son increases the father's migration probability by 25.2 percent. We hypothesize that the family's competitive earning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016279
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Migration and the Demographic Shift
Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2015
This chapter connects population aging with international migration. After documenting the trends for both, we review the supply-push and demand-pull determinants of migration, focusing particularly on the role of age and aging. We subsequently discuss the literature concerning the implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013031088
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Internal Migration and Life Satisfaction : Well-Being Effects of Moving as a Young Adult
Switek, Malgorzata - 2012
Migration typically leads to higher income, but its association with life satisfaction remains unclear. Is migration accompanied by an increase in life satisfaction? If it is, is the increase in income responsible or are other life domains driving the satisfaction changes? These two questions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097208
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Measuring the Income-Distance Tradeoff for Rural-Urban Migrants in China
Zhang, Junfu - 2014
Rural-urban migrants in China appear to prefer nearby destination cities. To gain a better understanding of this phenomenon, we build a simple model in which migrants from rural areas choose among potential destination cities to maximize utility. The distance between a migrant's home village and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064631
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International Import Competition and the Decision to Migrate : Evidence from Mexico
Majlesi, Kaveh - 2018
We analyze the effects of the increase in China's import competition on Mexican domestic and international migration. We exploit the variation in exposure to competition from China, following its accession to the WTO in 2001, across Mexican municipalities and estimate the effect of international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926698
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The Effect of Migration on Income Growth and Convergence : Meta-Analytic Evidence
Ozgen, Ceren - 2009
We compare a set of econometric studies that measure the effect of net internal migration in neoclassical models of long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence is about 2.7%. An increase in the net migration rate of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154994
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Migration Creation, Diversion, and Retention : New Deal Grants and Migration: 1935-1940
Sorensen, Todd - 2007
During the 1930s the federal government embarked upon an ambitious series of grant programs designed to counteract the Great Depression. Public works and relief programs combated unemployment by hiring workers and building social overhead capital while the Agricultural Adjustment Administration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775759
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Economic Opportunities and Gender Equity : The Migration and Education Decisions of Young Women from Rural China
Xing, Chunbing - 2019
We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities of college education. Women outnumbered men in young rural-urban migrants in the early 2000s, but the surplus of young women has recently disappeared. We propose that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870169