Corruption as a push and pull factor of migration flows: evidence from European countries

Andrea Bernini (), Laurent Bossavie, Daniel Garrote-Sánchez () and Mattia Makovec
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Andrea Bernini: University of Oxford
Daniel Garrote-Sánchez: The World Bank

Empirica, 2024, vol. 51, issue 1, No 9, 263-281

Abstract: Abstract Conclusive evidence on the relationship between corruption and migration has remained scant in the literature to date. Using 2008–2018 data on bilateral migration flows across EU28 and EFTA countries and four measures of corruption, we show that corruption acts as both push and pull factors on migration patterns. Based on a gravity model, a 1-unit increase in the corruption level in the origin country is associated with an 11% increase in out-migration. The same 1-unit increase in corruption in the destination country is associated with a 10% decline in in-migration.

Keywords: Corruption; International migration; Regional migration; Gravity model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 F22 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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