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Do we follow the money? The drivers of migration across regions in the EU

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  • Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
  • Tobias Ketterer

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Most immigration theories tend to highlight that migration follows wealth and economic dynamism, but is this also the case across regions in Europe? The aim of the paper is to investigate whether migrants in Europe indeed follow the money and to contrast this with a variety of potential alternative explanations, including the presence of migrants from a similar origin. The analysis is based on panel data estimations including 133 European regions over a time period of 17 years. Different lag structures have been employed in order to distinguish between short- and long-run effects. The results cast some doubt about the prominence of pecuniary factors as a determinant of cross regional migration in Europe, with little evidence to support the idea that migration follows economic dynamism. Network effects, human capital related-, and ‘territorially embedded’ innovation enhancing regional characteristics, by contrast, seem to play a much stronger role than hitherto considered.

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  • Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & Tobias Ketterer, 2015. "Do we follow the money? The drivers of migration across regions in the EU," REGION, European Regional Science Association, vol. 2, pages 27-45.
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    1. Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & Viola von Berlepsch, 2020. "Migration-prone and migration-averse places. Path dependence in long-term migration to the US," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2022, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Apr 2020.
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    4. María Gutiérrez-Portilla & Adolfo Maza & María Hierro, 2018. "Foreigners versus natives in Spain: different migration patterns? Any changes in the aftermath of the crisis?," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 61(1), pages 139-159, July.
    5. Pollermann, Kim, 2016. "Refugees and rural development: Chances from migration and challenges of integration," EconStor Conference Papers 148648, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    6. Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & Viola von Berlepsch, 2020. "Migration-prone and migration-averse places. Path dependence in long-term migration to the US," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2022, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Apr 2020.

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