Internal migration and income of immigrant families

Saman Rashid ()

No 624, Umeå Economic Studies from Umeå University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using a longitudinal dataset from the years 1995 and 2000, respectively, this study examines whether migration within the host country of Sweden generates higher total annual income for (two-earner) immigrant families. The empirical findings indicate that internal migration generates a positive outcome in terms of higher family income for newly arrived refugee-immigrant families. Further, with the length of residence in the host country, the monetary gain accruing from internal migration decreases. On the other hand, I could not find similar results for immigrant families from the Nordic countries, Europe and Asia.

Keywords: Internal migration; family income; immigrant; family migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2004-03-01
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