Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121698 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 1913
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
Interstate migration in Brazil represents almost 40% of total internal migration. This paper investigates the economic causes of interstate migration flow. We apply Crozet's model the interaction of increasing returns and transportation cost on the regional dynamics and migration flow in Brazil. We estimate structural parameters to the Brazilian economy, among other the mark-up and the market power in the modern sector. Using those parameters, the hypothesis of black hole solution is rejected to the Brazilian economy, furthermore the basin of attraction of the main agglomeration has a radius close to 320 km, and this result corroborates Diniz (1995)'s previous analyses of "de-concentration concentrated" in Southeast/South polygon. Expected wage and distance are also relevant for the interstate migration in Brazil, the elasticity of expected wage is significant and varies according to the specification from 0.08 to 0.17 in line with the international literature.
Subjects: 
migration
regional economics
center-periphery models
JEL: 
F12
R12
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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