This article investigates migration in postunification Germany, focusing on three particular issues: Do Germans migrate to improve their net wages or for higher levels of amenities? Is migration behavior in East Germany the same as for unified Germany? And finally, is there a difference between age groups in terms of migration? In addition, the authors will control for spatial dependence in the migration model. The authors show that Germany has both equilibrium model and disequilibrium model aspects. The authors also find that migration behavior depends on both different stages in the life cycle and the location. Younger people value amenities higher, while middle-aged people and East Germans prefer regions with low unemployment. Surprisingly, retirees do not have a preference for amenities unless they are from East Germany.
ArntzM.2010. “What Attracts Human Capital? Understanding the Skill Composition of Interregional Job Matches in Germany.”Regional Studies44:423–41.
2.
BoadwayR.HayashiM.. 2004. “Canadian Public Policy.”Analyse de Politiques30:91–109.
3.
BornK. M.GoltzE.SaupeG.. 2004. “Wanderungsmotive Zugewanderter Älterer Menschen.”Raumforschung und Raumordnung2:109–20.
4.
BrückerH.TrübswetterP.. 2004. “Do the Best Go West? An Analysis of the Self-Selection of Employed East-West Migrants in Germany.”IZA Discussion Paper No. 986. Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany.
5.
BuettnerT.EbertzA.. 2009. “Quality of Life in the Regions: Results for German Counties.”Annals of Regional Science43:89–112.
6.
BurdaM.1993. “The Determinants of East-West German Migration. Some first Results.”European Economic Review37:452–61.
7.
CheshireP. C.MagriniS.. 2006. “Population Growth in European Cities: Weather Maters—But Only Nationally.”Regional Studies40:23–37.
8.
ClarkD. E.2006. “Incomplete Compensation and Migration Behavior: Has Anything Changed Between 1990 and 2000?”Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy36:140–52.
9.
DecressinJ.1994. “Internal Migration in West Germany and Implications for East-West Salary Convergence.”Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv130:231–57.
10.
EvansA. W.1990. “The Assumption of Equilibrium in the Analysis of Migration and Interregional Differences. A Review or Some Recent Research.”Journal of Regional Science30:515–31.
11.
FieldsG.1976. “Labor Force Migration, Unemployment and Job Turnover.”Review of Economics and Statistics58:407–15.
12.
GlaeserE. L.GottliebJ. D.. 2008. “The Economics of Place-Making Policies,”(Joint with Joshua D. Gottlieb). Brookings Papers on Economic Activity2:155–239.
13.
GravesP. E.1983. “Migration with a Composite Amenity: The Role of Rents.”Journal of Regional Science23:541–6.
14.
GravesP. E.ArthurM.SextonR.. 1999. “Amenities and the Labor Earnings Function.”Journal of Labor Research20:367–76.
15.
GravesP. E.MueserP. R.. 1993. “The Role of Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in Modelling Regional Growth and Decline: A Critical Reassessment.”Journal of Regional Science33:69–84.
16.
HuntG. L.1993. “Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in Migration Modeling.”Regional Studies27:341–9.
17.
ifo Institute (2010). “Fakten zu den neuen Bundesländern und zur Ost-West-Relation wichtiger Wirtschaftsdaten.”ifo Leibniz Institute at the University of Munich, Germany, accessedwww.cesifo-group.de/DocDL/spezial-deutsche-vereinigung.pdf.
18.
KemperF.-J.2004. “Internal Migration in Eastern and Western Germany: Convergence or Divergence of Spatial Trends after Unification?”Regional Studies38:659–78.
19.
LesageJ. P.PaceR. K.. 2008. “Spatial Econometric Modelling of Origin-Destination flows.”Journal of Regional Studies48:941–67.
20.
LundbergJ.2006. “Using Spatial Econometrics to Analyze Local Growth in Sweden.”Regional Studies40:303–16.
21.
MaddisonD.RehdanzK.. 2007. “Are Regional Differences in Utility Eliminated Over Time? Evidence from Germany.”SOEP papers on multidisciplinary panel data research 16, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany.
22.
MaretzkeS.2004a. “Binnenwanderungen in Deutschland im Kontext regionaler Disparitäten.” In RaumordnungBundesamt für Bauwesen und (ed.): Regionalbarometer neue Länder, 5–18. Zusammenfassender Bericht, Berichte, Bd. 20, Bonn, Germany.
23.
MaretzkeS.2004b. “Die Lage der ostdeutschen Regionen im Spiegel wichtiger Standortfaktoren.” In RaumordnungBundesamt für Bauwesen und (ed.): Regionalbarometer neue Länder, 95–107. Zusammenfassender Bericht, Berichte, Bd. 20, Bonn, Germany.
24.
ParikhA.Van LeuvensteijnM.. 2002. “Internal Migration in Regions of Germany: A panel Data Analysis.”Working Paper No. 12, European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes. Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.
25.
PartridgeM.2010. “The Dueling Models: NEG vs Amenity Migration in Explaining US Engines of Growth.”Papers in Regional Science89:513–37.
26.
ReissertB.2004. “Der Einfluss von Europa.” In Neue Herausforderungen der Strukturpolitik, edited by GerlachF.ZieglerA., 257–82. Marburg: Schüren.
27.
RogerA.1990. “Requiem for the net Migrant.”Geographical Analysis27:283–300.
28.
RupasinghaA.GoetzJ.. 2006. “County Amenities and Net Migration.”Agricultural and Resource Economics Review33:245–54.
29.
SchaefferP. V.GebremendhinT. G.. 2009. “Expected Time to Employment as Function of Labor Market Size: A Theoretical Note.”Review of Regional Studies39:287–95.
30.
SchlömerC.2004. “Binnenwanderungen Seit der deutschen Einigung.”Raumforschung und Raumordnung2:96–108.
31.
SchwarzeJ.WagnerG.. 1992. “Abwanderung von Arbeitskräften und Einkommenspolitik in Ostdeutschland.”DIW Wochenbericht59:58–61.
32.
SmithS.1998. “In Defence of the Net Migrant.”Journal of Social and Economic Measurement24:249–64.
