Per capita income convergence and internal migration in Spain: Are foreign‐born migrants playing an important role?

Maria Hierro and Adolfo Maza

Papers in Regional Science, 2010, vol. 89, issue 1, 89-107

Abstract: Abstract This paper aims to analyse the role played by internal migration of the foreign‐born population in the process of income convergence at provincial level in Spain over the period 1996–2005. First, it examines, using both classical and recent analytical approaches, the provincial income convergence process. Second, the paper gives a succinct description of recent trends in foreign‐born internal migration. Third, the influence of these migration flows on provincial income convergence is addressed by estimating several convergence equations. The results of this analysis seem to reject the hypothesis that foreign‐born internal migration exerts a strong influence on the income convergence process. Resumen Este artículo busca analizar el papel que juega en España la migración interna de la población extranjera en el proceso de convergencia de renta a escala provincial durante el periodo 1996‐2005. Primero, mediante enfoques analíticos tanto clásicos como recientes, examina el proceso de convergencia de renta provincial. Segundo, el artículo ofrece una descripción sucinta de las tendencias recientes de migración interna de extranjeros. Tercero, se trata la influencia de estos flujos migratorios en la convergencia de renta provincial estimando varias ecuaciones de convergencia. Los resultados de este análisis parecen rechazar la hipótesis de que la migración interna de extranjeros ejerce una fuerte influencia en el proceso de convergencia de renta.

Date: 2010
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