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Do local amenities affect the appeal of regions in europe for migrants?

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés ORCID: 0000-0002-8041-0856 and Ketterer, Tobias D. (2012) Do local amenities affect the appeal of regions in europe for migrants? Journal of Regional Science, 52 (4). pp. 535-561. ISSN 0022-4146

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Identification Number: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2012.00779.x

Abstract

This paper delves into the factors, which determine the attractiveness of regions in Europe for migrants. Contrary to the literature on the United States, which has increasingly focused on the role of amenities, existing research in Europe tends to highlight the predominance of economic conditions as the main drivers of migration. Differentiating between economic, sociodemographic and amenity-related territorial features, we examine the appeal of various regional characteristics for migrants by analyzing net migration data for 133 European regions between 1990 and 2006. Our results show that, in addition to economic, human capital-related and demographic aspects, network effects and—in contrast to existing literature—different types of regional amenities exert an important influence on the relative attractiveness of sub-national territories across the European Union. Our findings therefore indicate that locational choices in Europe may be much more similar to place-based preferences in the United States than originally thought.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(IS...
Additional Information: © 2012 Wiley Periodicals
Divisions: European Institute
Geography & Environment
Spatial Economics Research Centre
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
Date Deposited: 08 Oct 2012 14:37
Last Modified: 24 Mar 2024 22:15
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/46673

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