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EXPLAINING POLARISATION IN THE EU 27'S INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION DISTRIBUTION
Author(s) -
HIERRO MARÍA,
MAZA ADOLFO,
VILLAVERDE JOSÉ
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2011.00694.x
Subject(s) - distribution (mathematics) , inequality , phenomenon , economic geography , european union , demographic economics , government (linguistics) , geography , regional science , political science , economics , international economics , physics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , quantum mechanics
This paper is aimed at analysing the European Union's international migration distribution (EUIMD) for the period 1990–2010. Besides some relevant aspects of the distribution, such as inequality and dynamics, it mainly focuses on trends in polarisation and in exploring some key factors that might be behind these trends. The results of the study reveal that polarisation in EUIMD has followed a decreasing path and that factors like geographic location and government expenditure on health are those which better explain the polarisation phenomenon.