, migration, and household transition and finds that the regional pattern of demographic transition roughly follows a gradient of …

) and labor thinning (net out-migration). I propose a constant-returns neoclassical model of economic integration which can …

Does migration serve as an effective channel of regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks in transition economies? If … so, one should find a strong relationship between regional unemployment and average wages on the one hand, and migration … flows on the other. Yet, the evidence from transition economies indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing inter …

including urban costs, it is shown that also increasing costs of freight transportation may give incentives to migration of …? Are migration flows correlated to changes in concentration of urban population? In the empirical investigation, population … urban units. On the regional level, demographic data (natural growth, matrices of urban and rural migration, external …

in the impact of social capital on migration decisions of different age groups. …

able to explain the downward trend in east to west migration using wage and unemployment information. Convergence in hourly …

differentials as well as differences in employment opportunities are the central forces which drive East-West migration after …

in the impact of social capital on migration decisions of different age groups. …

Does migration facilitate regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks? The evidence from post-communist economies … indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing inter-regional unemployment and wage differentials has in fact been rather … low. High wages appear to encourage, and, similarly, high unemployment tends to discourage, overall migration - inbound …