This article verifies the impact of both federal transfers to states and income inequality over imigration. The innovation here is the use of aggregate data to verify the impact of public policy over migration. The econometric results suggest a positive effect of federal transfers to states over...

This article verifies the impact of both federal transfers to states and income inequality over imigration. The innovation here is the use of aggregate data to verify the impact of public policy over migration. The econometric results suggest a positive effect of federal transfers to states over...

This paper shows that the Feldsteins & Horioka (1980) test does not measure capital mobility, but just the variability between domestic and external savings. Furthermore, it concludes that the Coakley, Kulasi & Smith (1996) test for current account solvency, is a necessary, but not sufficient,...

This paper shows that the Feldsteins & Horioka (1980) test does not measure capital mobility, but just the variability between domestic and external savings. Furthermore, it concludes that the Coakley, Kulasi & Smith (1996) test for current account solvency, is a necessary, but not sufficient,...

This article corroborate the evidence that the Feldstein-Horioka test do not reflect capital mobility in the real side of economics, but just the variability between external and domestic saving.

Este trabalho verifica a influência da distribuição de renda e das transferências federais para as Unidades da Federação (UFs) sobre o fluxo de migrantes recebido por UF. O estudo inova ao adotar dados agregados para mensurar o efeito de políticas públicas sobre a imigração. Os...