ABSTRACT

Migration from, to and within Asia are believed to capture many of the largest flows in the world yet very little is known about the specific patterns and factors contributing to them. In this paper, utilising recent estimates of five-year bilateral migration flows for all countries in the world, we focus on understanding how demographic, geographic and socio-economic factors are related to the size of bilateral flows in Asia. We conduct our analysis in three strands to differentiate migration: (1) amongst Asian countries, (2) from Asian countries to destinations outside the region, and (3) towards Asian countries from elsewhere in the world. After controlling for demographic, geographic and socio-economic variables, we find that large countries are important senders of migrants but not so for receiving migrants, distance has nearly the same effect for moves within Asia and for moves to countries outside the region, and Gross Domestic Product per capita in the destination is important for moves within Asia.

摘要

人们认为，从亚洲进出亚洲的移民吸引了世界上许多最大的移民，但对造成这些移民的具体模式和因素知之甚少。在本文中，利用对世界所有国家的五年双边移徙流动的最新估计，我们集中于了解人口，地理和社会经济因素如何与亚洲双边移徙的规模相关。我们分三部分进行分析，以区分移民：（1）亚洲国家之间；（2）从亚洲国家到该地区以外的目的地；（3）从世界其他地方向亚洲国家的移民。在控制了人口，地理和社会经济变量之后，我们发现大国是移民的重要寄件人，但对于接收移民而言却不是，