Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/122217 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers in Economics and Statistics No. 2015-08
Publisher: 
University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon), Innsbruck
Abstract: 
Using a spatial systems estimator to incorporate spatial interactions and endogeneity of income levels and migration, this paper finds a positive effect of migration on cohesion within the European Union on the NUTS 2 level. As migration can generally be observed from low to high income regions, growth rates of income per worker tend to decrease in regions experiencing net immigration, while lagging regions experience higher speeds of income convergence. As a result, migration increases sigma-convergence. Results show an increase of more than one third. Free movement of persons also proves to increase efficiency, displayed by higher average convergence speeds.
Subjects: 
Conditional spatial beta- and sigma-convergence
Migration
Spatial Solow model
European regions
JEL: 
R11
C31
O47
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
837.94 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.