Migration and Regional Adjustment and Asymmetric Shocks in Transition Economies

Jan Fidrmuc

No 441, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: Does migration facilitate regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks? The evidence from post-communist economies indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing inter-regional unemployment and wage differentials has in fact been rather low. High wages appear to encourage, and, similarly, high unemployment tends to discourage, overall migration - inbound and outbound - rather than induce a net flow from depressed regions to those with better economic conditions. Even when the impact of unemployment and wages on net migration is statistically significant, it is economically very small. Finally, migration flows have actually been declining in the course of transition, even as inter-regional disparities have been rising.

Keywords: Migration; Unemployment; Regional Shocks; Labor and Human Resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 P23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 2002-02-01
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