<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study uses a UN dataset of foreign-born residents in and from 154 different countries, available every fifth year since 1990, to estimate an augmented gravity model for Eastern Europe and the world. Migration responds to higher incomes in the host country, though the effect diminishes with income. Unlike the rest of the world, East European migration increases with the exchange rate in the host and higher incomes in the origin, but not with political autocracy or conflict in the origin country. Controlling for these differences, Eastern Europe has fewer immigrants and emigrants than the model would otherwise predict.</p></abstract>

This study uses a UN dataset of foreign-born residents in and from 154 different countries, available every fifth year since 1990, to estimate an augmented gravity model for Eastern Europe and the world. Migration responds to higher incomes in the host country, though the effect diminishes with income. Unlike the rest of the world, East European migration increases with the exchange rate in the host and higher incomes in the origin, but not with political autocracy or conflict in the origin country. Controlling for these differences, Eastern Europe has fewer immigrants and emigrants than the model would otherwise predict.

Migration Patterns in Eastern Europe and the World: A Gravity Approach

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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This study uses a UN dataset of foreign-born residents in and from 154 different countries, available every fifth year since 1990, to estimate an augmented...

Migration Patterns in Eastern Europe and the World: A Gravity Approach

Published Online: Jun 15, 2020

Page range: 66 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2020-0006

Keywords
immigration, gravity model, Eastern Europe

© 2020 Elliott Parker, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Migration Patterns in Eastern Europe and the World: A Gravity Approach

Published Online: Jun 15, 2020

Page range: 66 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2020-0006

Keywordsimmigration, gravity model, Eastern Europe

© 2020 Elliott Parker, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
immigration, gravity model, Eastern Europe