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The regional effects of international migration on internal migration decisions of tertiary‐educated workers
Author(s) -
Manic Marian
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/pirs.12379
Subject(s) - internal migration , human capital , demographic economics , human migration , preference , capital city , higher education , economics , economic growth , economic geography , developing country , demography , population , sociology , microeconomics
This study is a departure from the classic analysis of the effect of international migration on human capital. Using original data from a nationally representative survey in Moldova, we employ discrete choice and count‐data models to evaluate the effect of international migration on the likelihood that “ left‐behind ” household members with tertiary education migrate domestically. Thus, we propose an original framework of identifying a causal relationship between international and internal migration. The main findings support the hypothesis that international migration leads to an increase in the preference for urban jobs of tertiary‐educated left‐behind household members with peripheral rural origins.