Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/130122 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 2015/13
Publisher: 
Turkish Economic Association, Ankara
Abstract: 
Antalya and Muğla provinces located in southwestern Turkey have emerged as new magnets for internal migration in the country. Socio-economic, demographic and labor market characteristics of immigrants coming to these two provinces from various regions are studied to uncover the reasons fueling their moves. This is accomplished through an analysis of descriptive statistics, and an analysis of a gravity model estimated. Differences and similarities between immigrants coming to these two provinces and those going to other migrant magnets, between immigrants and natives in Antalya and Muğla, and among immigrants coming to the two provinces from various origins are noted. What distinguishes Antalya and Muğla from other migrant-drawing provinces is that they attract some retirees and university students as well and their immigrants participating in the labor force are attracted mainly by jobs created in the sectors related to tourism, either directly or indirectly, rather than industry. Immigrants from different origins exhibit different characteristics and tend to specialize in different types of jobs. However, as other migrant flows, those directed at Antalya and Muğla are affected by distance adversely and by unemployment differential, past migration and population size at origin, favorably.
Subjects: 
internal migration
labor market
gravity model
Turkey
Antalya
Muğla
JEL: 
J21
J61
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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