Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP2746
Authors: Olympia Bover; Manuel Arellano
Abstract: We investigate the determinants of the remarkable increase in intra-regional migrations since the 1980?s in Spain, using a large administrative micro dataset on migrants. Conditional migration probabilities are identified by comparing the migrants? joint distribution of characteristics to the corresponding distribution from the Spanish Labour Force Survey. The proportion of employment in the service industry, unemployment, house prices and education all have an important positive effect on the individual probabilities of intra-regional migration.
Keywords: employment in services; endogenous sampling; intraregional migration
JEL Codes: C25; J60; J61
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| employment in the service industry (L84) | probability of short-distance moves (C69) |
| house prices (R31) | within-region migration (R23) |
| unemployment (J64) | migration responses (J61) |
| share of employment in services (L84) | migration responses (J61) |