Where Do Migrants Go?

IGIER Working Paper No. 124

35 Pages Posted: 3 Jun 1998

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Francesco Daveri

University of Parma - Dipartimento di Economia; Bocconi University - IGIER - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research

Riccardo Faini

affiliation not provided to SSRN (deceased)

Date Written: January 1998

Abstract

Aggregate data from the regions of Southern Italy are used to test whether risk is a significant determinant of the decision to migrate abroad or inside the country. This indeed appears to be the case for both foreign and domestic migrations, after controlling for unemployment and wage differentials and other plausible control variables. We interpret our results as evidence that, whereas financial markets are absent or malfunctioning, migration provides a shelter against uncertain income prospects.

JEL Classification: J0, O1, R0

Suggested Citation

Daveri, Francesco and Faini (deceased), Riccardo, Where Do Migrants Go? (January 1998). IGIER Working Paper No. 124, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=94869 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.94869

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Riccardo Faini (deceased)

affiliation not provided to SSRN (deceased)

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