Structural Operations and Net Migration Across European Union Member Countries

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Egger, Peter ; Eggert, Wolfgang ; Larch, Mario:
Structural Operations and Net Migration Across European Union Member Countries.
In: Review of International Economics. Vol. 22 (2014) Issue 2 . - pp. 352-378.
ISSN 1467-9396
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12112

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This paper analyzes the effects of international transfers to finance infrastructure on net migration flows among countries within the EU. A new economic geography model is employed with common pool financed infrastructure investments to derive a set of empirically testable hypotheses about the effects of transfer payments to finance infrastructure investments on migration. A significant effect of structural fund expenditures is identified on the bilateral net migration of workers among the EU member countries. On average, a one percentage point increase in the expenditures on structural funds (in per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP)) leads to a reduction in the measure of bilateral net migration by about 0.4-0.8%. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Economics VI: Empirical Economic Research Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Economics VI: Empirical Economic Research > Chair Economics VI: Empirical Economic Research - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mario Larch Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2015 11:33
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2015 11:33
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/16550