Inter-regional migration in transition economies: the case of Poland

Subrata Ghatak; Alan Mulhern; John Watson

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9361.2008.00435.x

Inter-regional migration in transition economies: the case of Poland

Subrata Ghatak, Alan Mulhern, John Watson

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n this paper, we modify the Harris-Todaro model of migration to incorporate the impact of human capital, housing stock, and the availability of publicly provided goods such as healthcare and road provision in order to analyze the determinants of migration in different regions of Poland. We apply the Seemingly Unrelated Regression Equation (SURE) model to investigate the data. Our results show that GDP per capita, unemployment, and distance have a strong effect on regional migration in Poland. Human capital is also an important explanatory factor as is the provision of key publicly provided facilities such as roads. The lack of housing in Poland is important in explaining the low levels of internal migration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	209-222
Journal	Review of Development Economics
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2008.00435.x
Publication status	Published - Feb 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Economics and econometrics
mobility
unemployment

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Inter-regional migration in transition economies: the case of Poland

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