A Gravity Model of Immigration

This paper develops a gravity model of immigration. Tests of the model using panel data for 16 OECD countries for 1991–2000 confirm the model's high explanatory power, and examples illustrate its usefulness for testing other hypothesized determinants of immigration.

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	van den Berg, Hendrik Professor of Economics Expertise: International - South and Central America International Trade & Finance NAFTA Economics CBA 350 P.O. Box 880489 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0489, USA Phone: (402) 202-6997 Fax: (402) 472-9700 hvan-den-berg1@unl.edu	van den Berg, Hendrik	Economics