Breaking out of poverty traps: Internal migration and interregional convergence in Russia

Use panel data on gross region-to-region migration flows in Russia in 1996-2010. * Use parametric and semiparametric methods and control for pairwise fixed effects. * Find a non-monotonic relationship between income and migration outflows. * Interpret it as evidence of geographic poverty traps. * Find the income threshold of geographic poverty traps: Sergei Guriev per year. We study barriers to labor mobility using panel data on gross region-to-region migration flows in Russia in 1996-2010. Using both parametric and semiparametric methods and controlling for region-to-region pairwise fixed eff... Mehr ...