Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177173 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11369
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Theory asserts that individuals' migration decisions depend more on their expectations about future income levels than on their current income levels. We find that the implementation of market-oriented reforms in post-communist countries, by forming good economic prospects, has reduced emigration as predicted by theory. Our estimates show that migration flows are highly responsive to reforms supporting private enterprises and financial services, which provide individuals with strong signals about their future prospects. Reforms that improve the management of infrastructure services are shown to have no link with migration patterns and this may be an important lesson for government policy.
Subjects: 
EBRD transition indicators
emigration
post-communist countries
multilateral resistance
JEL: 
F22
J61
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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