Does Access to Foreign Markets Shape Internal Migration? : Evidence from Brazil

This paper investigates how internal migration is affected by Brazil’s increased integration into the world economy.We analyze the impact of regional differences in access to foreign demand on sector-specific bilateral migration rates between the Brazilian states for the years 1995 to 2003. Using...

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Main Authors:	Hering, Laura, Paillacar, Rodrigo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2017
Subjects:	MIGRATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ACCESS TO MARKETS WAGES JOBS JOB CREATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE UNSKILLED LABOR
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27693

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spelling	okr-10986-276932021-05-25T10:54:42Z Does Access to Foreign Markets Shape Internal Migration? : Evidence from Brazil Hering, Laura Paillacar, Rodrigo MIGRATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ACCESS TO MARKETS WAGES JOBS JOB CREATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE UNSKILLED LABOR This paper investigates how internal migration is affected by Brazil’s increased integration into the world economy.We analyze the impact of regional differences in access to foreign demand on sector-specific bilateral migration rates between the Brazilian states for the years 1995 to 2003. Using international trade data, we compute a foreign market access measure at the sectoral level, which is exogenous to domestic migration. A higher foreign market access is associated with a higher local labor demand and attracts workers via two potential channels: higher wages and new job opportunities. Our results show that both channels play a significant role in internal migration. Further, we find a heterogeneous impact across industries, according to their comparative advantage on the world market. However, the observed impact is driven by the strong reaction of low-educated workers to changes in market access. This finding is consistent with the fact that Brazil is exporting mainly goods that are intensive in unskilled labor. 2017-08-09T20:48:26Z 2017-08-09T20:48:26Z 2016-01 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27693 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic	MIGRATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ACCESS TO MARKETS WAGES JOBS JOB CREATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE UNSKILLED LABOR
spellingShingle	MIGRATION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ACCESS TO MARKETS WAGES JOBS JOB CREATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE UNSKILLED LABOR Hering, Laura Paillacar, Rodrigo Does Access to Foreign Markets Shape Internal Migration? : Evidence from Brazil
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description	This paper investigates how internal migration is affected by Brazil’s increased integration into the world economy.We analyze the impact of regional differences in access to foreign demand on sector-specific bilateral migration rates between the Brazilian states for the years 1995 to 2003. Using international trade data, we compute a foreign market access measure at the sectoral level, which is exogenous to domestic migration. A higher foreign market access is associated with a higher local labor demand and attracts workers via two potential channels: higher wages and new job opportunities. Our results show that both channels play a significant role in internal migration. Further, we find a heterogeneous impact across industries, according to their comparative advantage on the world market. However, the observed impact is driven by the strong reaction of low-educated workers to changes in market access. This finding is consistent with the fact that Brazil is exporting mainly goods that are intensive in unskilled labor.
format	Journal Article
author	Hering, Laura Paillacar, Rodrigo
author_facet	Hering, Laura Paillacar, Rodrigo
author_sort	Hering, Laura
title	Does Access to Foreign Markets Shape Internal Migration? : Evidence from Brazil
title_short	Does Access to Foreign Markets Shape Internal Migration? : Evidence from Brazil
title_full	Does Access to Foreign Markets Shape Internal Migration? : Evidence from Brazil
title_fullStr	Does Access to Foreign Markets Shape Internal Migration? : Evidence from Brazil
title_full_unstemmed	Does Access to Foreign Markets Shape Internal Migration? : Evidence from Brazil
title_sort	does access to foreign markets shape internal migration? : evidence from brazil
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2017
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27693
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Does Access to Foreign Markets Shape Internal Migration? : Evidence from Brazil

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