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The Determinants of Migration Under the Freedom of Movement: Lessons from the European Union

Cormack Patton, Sarah J. (2011) The Determinants of Migration Under the Freedom of Movement: Lessons from the European Union. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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    This paper asks: what determines international migration and how has the EU’s free movement of people arrangement impacted this process? I argue that relative factor endowments (of capital and labor) and democracy serve as substitutes when a potential migrant is seeking a receiving country. By contrast, I argue that under the EU’s free movement of people regime, intra-EU migration is driven by relative factor endowments. Empirical analysis supports these arguments, and finds that relative factor endowments can compensate for a dearth in democratic governance in the receiving country and that relative factor endowments drive migration within the EU’s free movement of people regime.

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    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > Third Pillar/JHA/PJCC/AFSJ > migration Policy
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > Third Pillar/JHA/PJCC/AFSJ > free movement/border control
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Conference: European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 2011 (12th), April 23-25, 2011
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 16 Sep 2019 10:40
    Number of Pages: 79
    Last Modified: 16 Sep 2019 10:40
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/52645

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