【摘要】This paper empirically tests the relationships between interregional labour migrationand regional real wages based on a multi-region economic geography model, which describes bilateral migration flows. In particular, this paper highlights real wage disparities in the migration analysis. Our empirical methodology contains two steps. First, we structurally estimate a gravity model using manufacturing workers’ migration flows across the 47 Japanese prefectures.Second, using the estimates of the structural parameters, we examine the impact of the real wage on the net migration rate. We find that migrants respond to real wage disparities, rather than to nominal wage disparities.

【关键词】interregional labour migration;real wage disparities;regional differences in prices;structural estimation

【文献来源】Keisuke Kondo; Toshihiro Okubo.Papers in Regional Studies.2015（1）