Regional disparities in amenities and the life satisfaction of internal migrants

Carolina Guevara-Rosero, Alexander Sarango-Iturralde and Andres Garcia-Suaza

INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, 2025, vol. 63, issue 63, 33-60

Abstract: While migrants pursue better incomes, they might be driven by differences in amenities between the place of origin and destination. This study aims to determine the effect of differences in health, educational amenities, and the operational capacity between the place of origin and destination on the life satisfaction of internal migrants. To do so, a generalized ordered logit model is estimated using data from the Survey of Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment of Ecuador for the editions from 2015 to 2017. Our results show that income and amenities are not competing reasons for life satisfaction, they go hand in hand. Differences in health and educational amenities, as well as variations in the operational capacity of local governments between the places of origin and destination, have an influence on the life satisfaction of internal migrants. These effects vary depending on the age of the migrant, the size of the city of origin and destination, the reason for migration, and the duration of residence.

Keywords: Migration; life satisfaction; regional amenities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 R10 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.38191/iirr-jorr.24.038

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