A Practitioners' Guide to Gravity Models of International Migration

A Practitioners' Guide to Gravity Models of International Migration

The use of bilateral data for the analysis of international migration is at the same time a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because the dyadic dimension of the data allows researchers to address a number of previously unanswered questions, but it is also a curse for the various analytical cha...

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Published in:World economy Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 496 - 512
Main Authors: Beine, Michel, Bertoli, Simone, Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-04-2016
Wiley
Subjects:
Econometrics
Economics and Finance
Estimating techniques
Estimation
Humanities and Social Sciences
Immigration
Migration
Multilateralism
Resistance
Studies
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Summary:The use of bilateral data for the analysis of international migration is at the same time a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because the dyadic dimension of the data allows researchers to address a number of previously unanswered questions, but it is also a curse for the various analytical challenges it gives rise to. This paper presents the theoretical foundations of the estimation of gravity models of international migration, and the main difficulties that have to be tackled in the econometric analysis, such as the nature of migration data, how to account for multilateral resistance to migration or endogeneity. We also review some empirical evidence that has considered these issues.
Bibliography:Spanish Ministry for Economics and Competitiveness - No. ECO2008-04785; No. ECO2012-39412
ArticleID:TWEC12265
FERDI (Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International) and of the programme 'Investissements d'Avenir' of the French Government - No. ANR-10-LABX-14-01
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The authors are grateful to the guest editor Frédéric Docquier, to Tobias Müller and to an anonymous referee for their accurate reading of our paper. We also thank other participants in the Conference on ‘International labour mobility and inequality across nations' held in Clermont‐Ferrand in January 2014; this paper benefited from the financial support of the FERDI (Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International) and of the programme ‘Investissements d’Avenir’ (ANR‐10‐LABX‐14‐01) of the French government; Jesús Fernández‐Huertas Moraga received financial support from the ECO2008‐04785 and ECO2012‐39412 projects funded by the Spanish Ministry for Economics and Competitiveness. The usual disclaimers apply.
ISSN:0378-5920
1467-9701
DOI:10.1111/twec.12265