Understanding international migration : evidence from a new dataset of bilateral stocks (1960-2000)
Llull Cabrer, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia i d'Història Econòmica)

Date:	2016
Abstract:	In this paper I present a new database of bilateral migrant stocks and I provide new evidence on the determinants of international migration. The new Census-based data are obtained from National Statistical Offices of 24 OECD countries, and they cover the total stock of immigrants in each destination country for 1960-2000, including 188 countries of origin, sometimes in grouped categories. For each census, I keep grouped categories in a raw manner, without making imputations to specific origin countries. In the empirical analysis, I give an explicit treatment to these grouped categories. Results present strong evidence of heterogeneous effects of income gains on migration prospects depending on distance. For example, a 1000 $i ncrease in US income per capita increases the stock of Mexican immigrants in the country by a percentage 2. 6 times larger than the percentage increase in the stock of Chinese (8 vs. 3. 1 %).
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad ECO2014-59056-JIN Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SEV-2011-0075
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Data collection ; Grouped data ; International migration
Published in:	Series, Vol. 7 Núm. 2 (january 2016) , p. 221-255, ISSN 1869-4195

DOI: 10.1007/s13209-016-0138-5

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