@article{Kanbur:127769,
      recid = {127769},
      author = {Kanbur, Ravi and Rapoport, Hillel},
      title = {MIGRATION SELECTIVITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF SPATIAL  INEQUALITY},
      address = {2003-09},
      number = {642-2016-43914},
      series = {2003-36},
      pages = {22},
      year = {2003},
      abstract = {The basic neoclassical model of migration suggests that  migration is induced by real income differentials across  locations and will, ceteris paribus, serve to reduce those  differentials. And yet there is evidence on growing spatial  inequality despite increased migration from poorer to  richer areas. At a theoretical level, one route to  addressing this potential inconsistency is to introduce  agglomeration effects into the standard neoclassical setup.  This paper explores an alternative route, based on a  theoretical and empirical proposition of the migration  literature, namely, that migration is a selective process.  Focusing on skilled migration, the paper demonstrates the  different forces in play that make selective migration a  force for both divergence and convergence, and  characterizes where each set of forces dominates. Finally,  it explores the consequences for convergence of combining  both migration selectivity and agglomeration effects  arising from migrant networks.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127769},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.127769},
}