This article verifies the impact of both federal transfers to states and income inequality over imigration. The innovation here is the use of aggregate data to verify the impact of public policy over migration. The econometric results suggest a positive effect of federal transfers to states over...

This article verifies the impact of both federal transfers to states and income inequality over imigration. The innovation here is the use of aggregate data to verify the impact of public policy over migration. The econometric results suggest a positive effect of federal transfers to states over...

This paper examines the influence of income distribution and of federal transfers to the Federation Units (FUs) on the flow of migrants received by each of the FU. The study breaks new ground by adopting aggregated data to measure the effects of public policy on immigration. The econometric...