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dc.contributor.authorWesterlund, Olle
dc.contributor.authorØstbye, Stein
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-02T10:45:39Z
dc.date.available2007-05-02T10:45:39Z
dc.date.issued2006-06
dc.description.abstractRegional convergence studies have relied on net migration data in assessing the impact of migration. With heterogeneous labour, the implied symmetrical treatment of immigration and emigration cannot be justified a priori.. Because of heterogeneity among migrants, gross migration flows may lead to considerable interregional redistribution of human capital even when net migration is zero. Moreover, the effects of regional economic conditions on gross in- and outmigration flows may not be symmetric.. In this comparative study of regional growth and migration, the net and the gross migration approaches are compared. The results confirm ex post that the net approach cannot be justified and, despite Sweden and Norway being similar in many ways, migration has very different effects on convergence in these two countries.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/943
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_751
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Tromsøen
dc.publisherUniversity of Tromsøen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking paper series in economics and management, 2006, nr 7en
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210::Samfunnsøkonomi: 212en
dc.subjectregional growthen
dc.subjectcomparative studyen
dc.subjectNordic countriesen
dc.subjectconvergenceen
dc.subjectgross migrationen
dc.titleIs migration important for regional convergence? Comparative evidence for Norwegian and Swedish counties, 1980-2000en
dc.typeWorking paperen
dc.typeArbeidsnotaten


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