Long-Run Trends in Internal Migrations in Italy: a Study in Panel Cointegration with Dependent Units

Stefano Fachin

Econometrics from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to examine the long-run determinants of internal migrations from South Italy, and, in order to accomplish this task, to develop a bootstrap test for panel cointegration analysis with dependent units. Monte Carlo simulations show that the test, based on the Continuous- Path Block bootstrap, has good power and size properties and is robust to both short- and long-run dependence across units. The empirical analysis points to income in the sending region as a key factor of the decline of migrations, with unemployment and income differentials playing only a minor role.

Keywords: Migrations; Panel Cointegration; Continuous-Path Block Bootstrap; Italy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2005-07-08
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Journal Article: Long-run trends in internal migrations in italy: a study in panel cointegration with dependent units (2007)
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