Colombian Emigration by Administrative Regions

Mariana Saenz () and Joshua J. Lewer ()
Additional contact information
Mariana Saenz: Georgia Southern University
Joshua J. Lewer: Bradley University

No 9514, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This article contributes to immigration literature by applying a Random Utility Maximization model to derive a migration gravity model that explains factors affecting migration outflows per administrative unit and region for the country of Colombia. Negative binomial cross-sectional estimates indicate that departments sharing an international border and overall labor market conditions are significance determinants of migration patterns for the departments, but non-economic factors such as credit constraints and cultural networks also affect migration outflows. Estimation of regional migration outflows are also provided and yield unique findings per geographic location.

Keywords: gravity model; Colombia; emigration; negative binomial regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 F22 H11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2015-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-mig, nep-upt and nep-ure
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Published - published in: Journal of Economic Insight, 2017, 43 (2), 17-48.

Downloads: (external link)
https://docs.iza.org/dp9514.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9514

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
IZA, Margard Ody, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) IZA, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Holger Hinte ().