How Does the Internet Affect Migration Decisions?

How Does the Internet Affect Migration Decisions?

This article provides new evidence on the impact of the internet on migration decisions. I find that an increase in internet adoption among migrant-sending countries reduces the stock of migrants from these locations. The results are robust to a number of specifications, including an instrumental va...

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Main Author: Winkler, Hernan
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2017
Subjects:
INTERNET
MIGRATION
GRAVITY MODELS
MOBILITY
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27672
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spelling okr-10986-276722021-05-25T10:54:42Z How Does the Internet Affect Migration Decisions? Winkler, Hernan INTERNET MIGRATION GRAVITY MODELS MOBILITY TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION This article provides new evidence on the impact of the internet on migration decisions. I find that an increase in internet adoption among migrant-sending countries reduces the stock of migrants from these locations. The results are robust to a number of specifications, including an instrumental variable approach that addresses the endogeneity of internet adoption. The findings suggest that the internet may weaken the importance of push factors in the decision to migrate, and that these effects outweigh declines in mobility costs. 2017-08-08T17:06:45Z 2017-08-08T17:06:45Z 2016-12-09 Journal Article Applied Economic Letters 1350-4851 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27672 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic INTERNET
MIGRATION
GRAVITY MODELS
MOBILITY
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
spellingShingle INTERNET
MIGRATION
GRAVITY MODELS
MOBILITY
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
Winkler, Hernan
How Does the Internet Affect Migration Decisions?
description This article provides new evidence on the impact of the internet on migration decisions. I find that an increase in internet adoption among migrant-sending countries reduces the stock of migrants from these locations. The results are robust to a number of specifications, including an instrumental variable approach that addresses the endogeneity of internet adoption. The findings suggest that the internet may weaken the importance of push factors in the decision to migrate, and that these effects outweigh declines in mobility costs.
format Journal Article
author Winkler, Hernan
author_facet Winkler, Hernan
author_sort Winkler, Hernan
title How Does the Internet Affect Migration Decisions?
title_short How Does the Internet Affect Migration Decisions?
title_full How Does the Internet Affect Migration Decisions?
title_fullStr How Does the Internet Affect Migration Decisions?
title_full_unstemmed How Does the Internet Affect Migration Decisions?
title_sort how does the internet affect migration decisions?
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2017
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27672
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