DOES MIGRATION REDUCE REGIONAL DISPARITIES? THE ROLE OF SKILL†SELECTIVE FLOWS

Ugo Fratesi and Massimiliano R. Riggi

Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, 2007, vol. 19, issue 1, 78-102

Abstract: The existence of income per capita disparities is a striking feature of European regional development, while increasing internal migration is often cited as a convergence factor. This paper states that this argument is too simple if migration concerns skilled workers. To support this statement, the focus is on skill†selective migration flows: first, it is shown how easily they can happen (for instance, they can be caused by different regional wage settings); then, a model is used to investigate the effects of different regional endowments of immobile factors on migration. The model shows that skill†selective migration can, in some cases, lead to increasing income per capita disparities and, for this reason, policy makers need to pay attention when attempting to narrow regional disparities by easing interregional migration.

Date: 2007
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