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Is cultural distance a determinant of international migration flows? Evidence from Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands

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  • Roger White

    (Whittier College / Beijing Information Science & Technology University)

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We examine the relationship between source-destination country cultural differences and international migration flows using data for three immigrant destination countries (i.e., Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands) and a cohort of 66 heterogeneous immigrant source countries during the years 1997-2002. Results obtained from the estimation of our empirical specifications using the Negative Binomial regression technique indicate that, all else equal, cultural distance is negatively related to migration flows and that larger existing immigrant stocks correspond with larger subsequent migration flows. These findings are consistent with the results reported in Belot and Ederveen (2012). Extending the literature, we report that existing immigrant stocks act to offset the migration-inhibiting influences of cultural distance. Finally, we report variation across Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands both in terms of the migration-inhibiting influence of cultural distance and in the extents to which existing immigrant stocks act to offset this influence.

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  • Roger White, 2013. "Is cultural distance a determinant of international migration flows? Evidence from Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 33(3), pages 2156-2168.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-13-00358
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    1. Carolina Coimbra Vieira & Sophie Lohmann & Emilio Zagheni, 2023. "The value of cultural similarity for predicting migration: evidence from digital trace data," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2023-009, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
    2. Carolina Coimbra Vieira & Sophie Lohmann & Emilio Zagheni, 2024. "The Value of Cultural Similarity for Predicting Migration: Evidence from Food and Drink Interests in Digital Trace Data," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 50(1), pages 149-176, March.
    3. Fassio, Claudio & Igna, Ioana, 2021. "Foreign graduates in Sweden. The role of high tech sectors, STEM disciplines and cultural distance," Papers in Innovation Studies 2022/2, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.
    4. Imran Arif, 2020. "The determinants of international migration: Unbundling the role of economic, political and social institutions," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(6), pages 1699-1729, June.
    5. Serhat Yüksel & Shahriyar Mukhtarov & Ceyhun Mahmudlu & Jeyhun I. Mikayilov & Anar Iskandarov, 2018. "Measuring International Migration in Azerbaijan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-15, January.
    6. Imran Arif & Adam Hoffer & Brad Humphreys & Matthew Style, 2022. "New sports facilities do not drive migration between US cities," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 195-217, December.
    7. Mauro Lanati & Alessandra Venturini, 2017. "The Import of “cultural goods” and emigration: an unexplored relation," RSCAS Working Papers 2017/24, European University Institute.

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    • F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business

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