Spanish internal migration: is there anything new to say?

Alan Mulhern () and John Watson ()
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Alan Mulhern: Kingston University London, Postal: School of Economics, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EE. UK.,
John Watson: Aplicaciones Estadisticas, Postal: Madrid, Spain.

No 2009-1, Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, Kingston University London

Abstract: Spanish internal migration has long been resistant to traditional economic explanations. However this paper examines the data from 1999-2006 after considerable changes in the Spanish economy. Moreover it examines migration at the disaggregated level of Spanish provinces rather than regions, the usual unit of measurement. Using a spatial error model as well as a spatial autoregression model it finds the differentials in wages and unemployment between provinces to be significant explanatory variables. Housing prices are also important in accounting for the dynamics of internal migration.

Keywords: Internal Migration; Spain; Spatial Error Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 O15 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2009-03-05
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