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Is Distance Relevant For Romanian Emigration? A Gravity Model Approach

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  • Goschin Zizi

    (ASE Bucuresti, Institutul de Economie Nationala)

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The literature on migration groups the emigration-drivers into two large categories: negative circumstances in the country of origin and positive aspects of the country of destination, with geographical distance usually being a significant barrier for the migration flows. In the context of large-scale and rapidly growing international migration of Romanians, we aim to analyze the Romanian emigration stocks by country, focusing on distance as a potential factor of influence, in the framework of a gravity model. In accordance to the literature, we found that GDP and population of the receiving country, as well as linguistic and cultural links between Romania and the destination country, are all positive determinants for the magnitude of Romanian emigrant stocks. Geographical location, captured by the variable distance from Romania to the destination country, has the expected negative sign, but is not statistically significant, suggesting that in these modern times of rapid travel and instant global communications distance lost its power to hinder the migration flows.

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  • Goschin Zizi, 2016. "Is Distance Relevant For Romanian Emigration? A Gravity Model Approach," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(2), pages 87-94, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ora:journl:v:1:y:2016:i:2:p:87-94
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    Keywords

    emigration; distance; gravity model; Romania;
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R15 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Econometric and Input-Output Models; Other Methods

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