International Skilled-Migration and Regional Growth in Poland
International Skilled-Migration and Regional Growth in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to investigate the relationship between international migration and economic growth across the regions of Poland. In most studies, the potential determinants of migration have been investigated, while the impact of these flows of individuals on economic growth has received less attention. Using a panel data during the time period 1999-2005, the authors tested if different kinds of migration flows, distinguished by educational level, had an effect on economic growth. In order to control both the issue of endogeneity, due to the presence of some potentially endogenous variables among the explanatory variables, and the problem of omitted variables, the paper implements the difference-GMM of Arellano-Bond. The findings show that high-skilled in-migration flows has a strong positive impact on the growth dynamics of Polish regions. On the other hand, the outflow of skilled individuals reduces the regional skill-intensity and has a negative effect on income. The results also support the idea that skilled-migration can promote the provincial convergence.

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