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- Title
NETWORKS AND SELECTION IN INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION TO SPAIN.
- Authors
Neubecker, Nina; Smolka, Marcel; Steinbacher, Anne
- Abstract
We offer fresh evidence on the effect of migrant networks on two essential aspects of migration: (1) the total scale of migration and (2) the skill composition of migration. Our analysis is for the remarkable case of Spain, which experienced a full-blown immigration boom from the mid-1990s up to the Global Financial Crisis. To accommodate flexible substitution patterns across alternative migrant destinations, we use a three-level nested multinomial logit model. We find a strong positive network effect on the scale of migration and a strong negative effect on the ratio of high-skilled to low-skilled migrants. Simplifying restrictions on the structure of cross-destination substitutability are rejected by the data. ( JEL F22, J61)
- Subjects
SPAIN; LEGAL status of foreign workers; IMMIGRATION law; FINANCIAL crises; MULTINOMIAL distribution; FIXED effects model
- Publication
Economic Inquiry, 2017, Vol 55, Issue 3, p1265
- ISSN
0095-2583
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ecin.12427