Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/224736 
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Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CEPIE Working Paper No. 05/20
Publisher: 
Technische Universität Dresden, Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE), Dresden
Abstract: 
People are emotional about places. I study the effect of regional identity (\at home") on internal migration ows in Germany between 1995 and 2017. Regional identity is proxied by measuring how NUTS3 regions were historically affiliated in the former patchwork of Germany. When controlling for the in uence of distance, culture (mea- sured by dialects) and regional characteristics, I confirm that regional identity drives migration patterns additionally. Employing the separation effect by the German wall affirms that not only earlier migration or family bonds determine movements instead of regional identity.
Subjects: 
Internal migration
Regional identity
Historical belonging
Gravity model
Germany
Binnenmigration
Regionale Identität
Historische Zugehörigkeit
Heimat
Gravitationsmodell
Deutschland
JEL: 
R
R23
Z10
J61
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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