Net migration and convergence in Portugal

Vítor Martinho ()

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Abstract: This work aims to present a project of research about the identification of the determinants that affect the mobility of labor from 1991 to 2001 (at NUTs III level). As main conclusion it can be said which is confirmed the existence of some labor mobility in Portugal and that regional mobility is mainly influenced positively by the availability of housing. This study analyses, also, through cross-section estimation methods, the influence of spatial effects in the conditional product convergence in the parishes’ economies of mainland Portugal between 1991 and 2001. Taking into account the estimation results, it is stated that there are not indications of convergence (the population is in the littoral of Portugal) and it can be seen that spatial spillover effects, spatial lag and spatial error condition the convergence of product of Portuguese parishes in the period under consideration.

Keywords: net migration; convergence theory; panel and cross-section estimations; Portuguese regions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 O18 O47 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-mig and nep-ure
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