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Macroeconomic Determinants of Migration: The Case of Germany 1964‐1988
Author(s) -
Karras Georgios,
Chiswick Carmel U.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2435.00089
Subject(s) - immigration , net migration rate , economics , demographic economics , convergence (economics) , per capita , per capita income , time series , sample (material) , development economics , econometrics , population , geography , macroeconomics , demography , population growth , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , archaeology , chromatography , sociology
Macroeconomic determinants of immigration are analysed with pooled cross‐country and time series data on net immigration to Germany from European countries during 1964‐1988. Results demonstrate clearly that both high and low frequency determinants have been important. Long run trends are determined by the degree and speed of per capita income convergence between the sending and receiving countries, while year‐to‐year changes in net immigration flows are dominated by cyclical economic conditions.