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Revealing the Main Drivers of Romanians’ Migration in the European Context. An Empirical Approach Based on Gravity Models

In: Challenges and Opportunities to Develop Organizations Through Creativity, Technology and Ethics

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  • Adriana Ana Maria Davidescu

    (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
    National Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection)

  • Catalin Corneliu Ghinararu

    (National Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection)

  • Luiza Maicaneanu

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

Abstract

The removal of barriers to the international circulation of persons within the European Union has influenced the Romanian migration to other European countries. The paper aims to identify the most important pull factors (factors that bring Romanian migrants into other European countries) that influence the international migration of Romanians toward the following ten European economies: Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, UK and the Netherlands, for the period 2007–2015 using complex statistical methods based on gravity models and to classify the countries based on the main drivers obtained by cluster technique. Our empirical findings, which are in line with the literature, support the hypothesis that Romanian’s decision to emigrate is largely influenced by the economic conditions of the destination countries, the latter, which are proxied by GDP per capita being associated with increased migration flows. Also confirming other results obtained by researchers, notable pull factors influencing the Romanian migration are life expectancy, unemployment rate, tax rate, and population density. Within the paper, social networks in the destination countries have an important impact on migration, being highlighted by lagged migration flows.

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  • Adriana Ana Maria Davidescu & Catalin Corneliu Ghinararu & Luiza Maicaneanu, 2020. "Revealing the Main Drivers of Romanians’ Migration in the European Context. An Empirical Approach Based on Gravity Models," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, in: Silvia L. Fotea & Ioan Ş. Fotea & Sebastian A. Văduva (ed.), Challenges and Opportunities to Develop Organizations Through Creativity, Technology and Ethics, chapter 0, pages 103-120, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-030-43449-6_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43449-6_6
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    Keywords

    International migration; Romania; Pull factors; Panel data; Static gravity model;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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