What makes us move, what makes us stay: The role of culture in intra-EU mobility

Ekaterina Sprenger

No 04-2021, SERIES from Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza - Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Abstract: This article analyses the determinants of international migration flows within the European Union and specifically focuses on the role of cultural and linguistic differences in explaining the size of these flows. For that purpose, a set of indicators of cultural distance are controlled for along with economic, demographic, geographical, political and network variables using data from 28 member states of the European Union over the period 1998-2018. Economic factors play an important role in examining migration flows, but economic differentials alone may be insufficient to explain the uneven real-life migration pattern in the EU. The results suggest strong evidence of the importance of linguistic distance in explaining the direction of migration flows across the European Union.

Keywords: European Union; Geographic Mobility; Labour Mobility; Migration; Optimum Currency Area (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 277
Date: 2021-10, Revised 2021-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cul, nep-int, nep-lab, nep-mig, nep-soc and nep-ure
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