Net migration and convergence in Portugal. An alternative analysis

Vítor Martinho ()

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Abstract: In this work we pretend to present a project of research about the identification of the determinants that affect the mobility of labor. The empirical part of the work will be performed for the NUTS II of Portugal, from 1996 to 2002. As main conclusion it can be said which is confirmed the existence of some labor mobility in Portugal and that regional mobility is mainly influenced positively by the output growth and negatively by the unemployment rates and by the weight of the agricultural sector. This study analyses, also, through cross-section estimation methods, the influence of spatial effects and human capital in the conditional productivity convergence in the economic sectors of NUTs III of mainland Portugal between 1995 and 2002.

Keywords: net migration; convergence; panel and cross-section estimations; Portuguese regions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C23 O18 O47 R11 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-lab and nep-mig
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