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Analysis of Interregional Labor Migration in Spain Using Gross Flows
Author(s) -
Juarez Juan Pablo
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/0022-4146.00179
Subject(s) - economics , unemployment , matching (statistics) , unemployment rate , net migration rate , internal migration , labour economics , perspective (graphical) , macroeconomics , developing country , economic growth , population , population growth , statistics , demography , mathematics , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science
In this paper we study the economic determinants of Spanish interregional labor force flows from an aggregate perspective. The study is based on a matching model of the labor market applied to migration, and uses gross rather than net flows as other studies do. Among the main results, we find that unemployment increases out‐migration because unemployed people search more actively, but when the unemployment rate is above a certain level this effect is reduced. We also find that the rate of change of relative wages is a significant determinant of migration in Spain.