The Willingness to Migrate in the CEECs. Evidence from the Czech Republic

Arbeitspapier

Given the low levels of migration in the CEECs found in the literature, this paper raises the issue of who is willing to migrate in these countries. Using data on the willingness to migrate in the Czech Republic we show that variables measuring regional labour market conditions and amenities contribute little to explaining willingness to migrate, but that personal and household characteristics are more important. The least willing to migrate are the family-house owners, the less educated and the elderly as well as persons residing in regions with above-average unemployment rates. Improving the efficiency of the housing market and focusing on the problems of peripheral regions should thus be primary foci of a policy aimed at improving labour-market adjustment through migration. These policies are, however, unlikely to yield rapid returns, since the willingness to migrate of all subgroups analysed (except for the less educated) reacts only weakly to regional labour market incentives and amenities.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIFO Working Papers ; No. 286

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Willingness to Migrate ; Regional Labour Market Adjustment ; Binnenwanderung ; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt ; Verhaltensökonomik ; Schätzung ; Osteuropa ; Tschechien

Contributors, Location and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fidrmuc, Jan ; Huber, Peter
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
• (where): Vienna
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/128822
• Last update: 20.09.2024, 8:23 AM CEST