Do Subnational Agreements Induce Interprovincial Migration? Empirical Evidence from Canada's Aggregate Migration Patterns

Mustafa Rafat Zaman

Canadian Public Policy, 2020, vol. 46, issue 2, 279-289

Abstract: Some provincial governments in Canada have negotiated agreements to try to remove barriers to interprovincial migration. I estimate the extent and pattern of these barriers over time and study the effect of the agreements using a gravity model and panel data on interprovincial migration flows during 2000-2015. My estimates indicate that these barriers are remarkably larger than previous estimates. More important, there is no evidence that the agreements have reduced the barriers.

Keywords: barriers to migration; gravity model; interprovincial migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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