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(DP 2011-06) Contagious Migration: Evidence from the Philippines

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Title (DP 2011-06) Contagious Migration: Evidence from the Philippines
 
Creator Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.
Desierto, Desiree A.
 
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Description Outward migration data from the Philippines exhibit spatial clustering. This is likely due to information spillover effects-­‐fellow migrants share information with other neighboring migrants, thereby lowering the costs of migration. To verify this, we use spatial econometrics to define a geography-­based network of migrants and estimate its effect on the growth in the number of succeeding migrants. We find that current and past migration from one municipality induces contemporaneous and future migration in neighboring municipalities, even while controlling for demographic, economic and institutional factors that may be common across municipalities.
 
Publisher UPSE Discussion Papers
 
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Date 2011-10-04
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/dp/index.php/dp/article/view/674
 
Source UPSE Discussion Papers; 2011
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/dp/index.php/dp/article/view/674/139