Southwest as the New Internal Migration Destination in Turkey

Ali Akarca () and Aysıt Tansel ()

No 1505, ERC Working Papers from ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University

Abstract: Antalya and Mugla 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 Mugla, and among immigrants coming to the two provinces from various origins are noted. What distinguishes Antalya and Mugla 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 Mugla are affected by distance adversely and by unemployment differential, past migration and population size at origin, favorably.

Keywords: Internal migration; labor market; gravity model; Turkey; Antalya; Mugla. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2015-08, Revised 2015-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ara, nep-cwa, nep-geo, nep-mig and nep-ure
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Working Paper: Southwest As the New Internal Migration Destination in Turkey (2016)
Working Paper: Southwest as the new internal migration destination in Turkey (2015)
Working Paper: Southwest as the New Internal Migration Destination in Turkey (2012)
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