IS DISTANCE RELEVANT FOR ROMANIAN EMIGRATION? A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH

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-sca...

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Main Author: Zizi Goschin
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Language:deu
Published: University of Oradea 2016-12-01
Series:Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science
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Online Access:http://anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro/volume/2016/n2/009.pdf
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spelling doaj-c552a5803d704d1aa5ca493d9e8b91552020-11-24T21:08:57ZdeuUniversity of OradeaAnnals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science1222-569X1582-54502016-12-012528794IS DISTANCE RELEVANT FOR ROMANIAN EMIGRATION? A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACHZizi Goschin0ASE Bucuresti, Institutul de Economie NationalaThe 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.http://anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro/volume/2016/n2/009.pdfemigration, distance, gravity model, Romania
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IS DISTANCE RELEVANT FOR ROMANIAN EMIGRATION? A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science
emigration, distance, gravity model, Romania
author_facet Zizi Goschin
author_sort Zizi Goschin
title IS DISTANCE RELEVANT FOR ROMANIAN EMIGRATION? A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH
title_short IS DISTANCE RELEVANT FOR ROMANIAN EMIGRATION? A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH
title_full IS DISTANCE RELEVANT FOR ROMANIAN EMIGRATION? A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH
title_fullStr IS DISTANCE RELEVANT FOR ROMANIAN EMIGRATION? A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH
title_full_unstemmed IS DISTANCE RELEVANT FOR ROMANIAN EMIGRATION? A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH
title_sort is distance relevant for romanian emigration? a gravity model approach
publisher University of Oradea
series Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science
issn 1222-569X
1582-5450
publishDate 2016-12-01
description 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.
topic emigration, distance, gravity model, Romania
url http://anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro/volume/2016/n2/009.pdf
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