Gravity Models of Internal Migration – the Czech Case Study

JANDOVÁ, Monika and Tomáš PALETA. Gravity Models of Internal Migration – the Czech Case Study. Národohospodářský obzor. Masarykova univerzita, 2015, vol. 2015, No 01, p. 3-14. ISSN 1213-2446. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/revecp-2015-0008.

Basic information

• Original name: Gravity Models of Internal Migration – the Czech Case Study
• Authors: JANDOVÁ, Monika (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Tomáš PALETA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Národohospodářský obzor, Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 1213-2446.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50200 5.2 Economics and Business
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14560/15:00082530
• Organization unit: Faculty of Economics and Administration
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/revecp-2015-0008
• UT WoS: 000446825000001
• Keywords in English: gravity model; internal migration; the Czech Republic; economic incentives
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

In this paper, the models of internal migration flows between regions (NUTS 3) in the Czech Republic in time series from 1991 to 2012 are tested. The paper aims to find out how size, distance and economic variables explain migration flows between Czech regions. Several versions of an extended gravity model were used for testing, where economic factors which are frequently mentioned in literature on migration were used as regressors (i.e. average wage, registered unemployment rate, job vacancies and job vacancies per applicant). Internal migration flow is the dependent variable. In comparison to the pure gravity model, the extending of models with the economic variables improves the results of the models only slightly. The results show that the highest explanatory value of migration is given by models with rates of the variables tested.

Links

• MUNI/A/0781/2013, interní kód MU: Name: Regulace trhu dopravních služeb – modely, metody a aplikace (Acronym: ReDoS)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A