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The Dynamics of Repeat Migration : A Markov Chain Analysis

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dc.creator Zimmermann, Klaus F.
dc.creator Constant, Amelie F.
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:58:26Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:58:26Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18135
dc.identifier ppn:381678709
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18135
dc.description While the literature has established that there is substantial and highly selective return migration, the growing importance of repeat migration has been largely ignored. Using Markov chain analysis, this paper provides a modeling framework for repeated moves of migrants between the host and home countries. The Markov transition matrix between the states in two consecutive periods is parameterized and estimated using a logit specification and a large panel data with 14 waves. The analysis for Germany, the largest European immigration country, shows that more than 60% of the migrants are indeed repeat migrants. The out-migration per year is low, about 10%. Migrants are more likely to leave again early after their arrival in Germany, and when they have social and familial bonds in the home country, but less likely when they have a job in Germany and speak the language well. Once out-migrated from Germany, the return probability is about 80% and guided mainly by remittances and family considerations.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin
dc.relation DIW-Diskussionspapiere 378
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject C25
dc.subject J61
dc.subject F22
dc.subject C44
dc.subject C41
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Repeat Migration
dc.subject Guestworkers
dc.subject Qualitative Choice Models
dc.subject Duration Analysis
dc.subject Markov Chain Analysis
dc.subject Einwanderung
dc.subject Rückwanderung
dc.subject Migrationstheorie
dc.subject Markovscher Prozess
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title The Dynamics of Repeat Migration : A Markov Chain Analysis
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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