A gravity model of immigration

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 99
Issue: 1
Pages: 164-167

Authors (2)

Lewer, Joshua J. (Bradley University) Van den Berg, Hendrik (not in RePEc)

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Abstract

This paper develops a gravity model of immigration. Tests of the model using panel data for 16 OECD countries for 1991-2000 confirm the model's high explanatory power, and examples illustrate its usefulness for testing other hypothesized determinants of immigration.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:1:p:164-167
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25