Why People Immigrate: The Evidence

Örn B. Bodvarsson () and Hendrik Berg ()
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Örn B. Bodvarsson: St. Cloud State University
Hendrik Berg: University of Nebraska

Chapter Chapter 3 in The Economics of Immigration, 2009, pp 59-77 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, we survey the empirical evidence on the determinants of international migration. The empirical literature on determinants is very small, partially due to lack of appropriate data for many countries. Existing studies focus mostly on U.S., Canadian and European immigration, and this literature provides support for the human capital investment view of immigration. However, the evidence also indicates that there are many other important social and political determinants of immigration.

Keywords: Income Inequality; International Migration; Gravity Model; Immigration Policy; Destination Country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77796-0_3

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