A gravity model of immigration

This paper develops a gravity model of immigration. Tests of the model using panel data for 16 OECD countries for 1991–2000 confirm the model's high explanatory power, and examples illustrate its usefulness for testing other hypothesized determinants of immigration.

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Published inEconomics letters Vol. 99; no. 1; pp. 164 - 167
Main Authors Lewer, Joshua J., Van den Berg, Hendrik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.04.2008
Elsevier
SeriesEconomics Letters
Subjects
Gravity model
Hypothesis testing
Immigration
International economics
International migration
Labour migration
Hypothesis testing
Immigration
Gravity model
C12
C51
F22
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Summary:This paper develops a gravity model of immigration. Tests of the model using panel data for 16 OECD countries for 1991–2000 confirm the model's high explanatory power, and examples illustrate its usefulness for testing other hypothesized determinants of immigration.
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ISSN:0165-1765
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DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2007.06.019