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The effect of migration on income growth and convergence: Metaanalytic evidence

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  • Ozgen, Ceren
  • Nijkamp, Peter
  • Poot, Jacques

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We compare a set of econometric studies that measure the effect of net internal migration in neoclassical models of longrun real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precisionweighted estimate of beta convergence is about 2.7 per cent. An increase of one percentage point in the net migration rate of a region increases the per capita income growth rate in that region on average by about 0.1 percentage points. Introducing a net migration variable in a growth regression increases the estimate of beta convergence slightly. Studies that use panel models or IV estimation methods yield smaller coefficients of net migration in growth regressions, while the opposite holds for regressions controlling for highskilled migration.

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Handle: RePEc:eee:paresc:v:89:y:2010:i:3:p:537-562
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00313.x
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JEL classification:

  • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
  • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
  • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
  • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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