Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/39504 
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Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
ZEI Working Paper No. B 23-2001
Publisher: 
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI), Bonn
Abstract: 
Does migration serve as an effective channel of regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks in transition economies? If so, one should find a strong relationship between regional unemployment and average wages on the one hand, and migration flows on the other. Yet, the evidence from transition economies indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing inter-regional unemployment and wage differentials has been low. High wages appear to stimulate overall mobility rather than encourage a net immigration, and the effect of unemployment is statistically weak and not robust. In addition, the effect of unemployment and wages on net migration flows is economically insignificant and the overall level of migration has fallen during transition.
Subjects: 
Migration
Unemployment
Regional Shocks
JEL: 
F22
J61
P23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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