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Migration Selectivity and the Evolution of Spatial Inequality

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dc.contributor.authorKanbur, Ravi
dc.contributor.authorRapoport, Hillel
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-21T17:10:01Z
dc.date.available2018-08-21T17:10:01Z
dc.date.issued2003-10
dc.descriptionWP 2003-36 October 2003
dc.descriptionJEL Classification Codes: F22; J24; O15
dc.description.abstractThe basic neoclassical model of migration suggests that migration is induced by real income differentials across locations and will, ceteris paribus, serve to reduce those differentials. And yet there is evidence on growing spatial inequality despite increased migration from poorer to richer areas. At a theoretical level, one route to addressing this potential inconsistency is to introduce agglomeration effects into the standard neoclassical setup. This paper explores an alternative route, based on a theoretical and empirical proposition of the migration literature, namely, that migration is a selective process. Focusing on skilled migration, the paper demonstrates the different forces in play that make selective migration a force for both divergence and convergence, and characterizes where each set of forces dominates. Finally, it explores the consequences for convergence of combining both migration selectivity and agglomeration effects arising from migrant networks.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/57895
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCharles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
dc.subjectMigration
dc.subjectmigration selectivity
dc.subjecthuman capital formation
dc.subjectconvergence
dc.titleMigration Selectivity and the Evolution of Spatial Inequality
dc.typearticle
dcterms.licensehttp://hdl.handle.net/1813/57595

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