A gravity model of immigration

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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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Lewer, Joshua J. ; Van den Berg, Hendrik
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 99.2008, 1, p. 164-167
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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