Regional economic development: The role of migration

Abstract

Box 1.1. What are "TL2 regions" and "TL3 regions"? Box 1.2. Data: Definition and sources Box 1.3. Municipal/census tract dataset on migration Box 1.4. Classification of small regions by access to metropolitan areas Box 1.5. The degree of urbanisation Box 1.6. Do migrant arrivals create ghettos or new communities? Box 2.1. Data: Definition and sources Box 2.2. Effect of migration on entrepreneurship and foreign direct investment (FDI) Box 2.3. Looking for the "Best and Brightest": Hiring difficulties and high-skilled foreign workers Box 2.4. Overqualification from a spatial perspective Box 2.5. Is immigration a viable solution against skill shortages? THE CONTRIBUTION OF MIGRATION TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT © OECD 2022 Box 2.6. Comparison of migrants' not in education, employment or training (NEET) rates by country and degree of urbanisation Box 3.1. Geographic areas and regional classifications Box 3.2. Assessing the remote working potential of migrants Box 3.3. Assessing the share of key workers Box 4.1. Subnational analysis across the OECD: Geographic areas used in the chapter Box 4.2. Empirical strategy Box 4.3. Birthplace diversity and long-run economic growth Box 4.4. Empirical strategy: Gravity equation Box 4.5. Migration as a channel for knowledge diffusion and industrial development Box 4.6. Does migrant mobility protect native-born employment?