Yannick Dupraz
AMSE
Linguistic distance and migration in India
Joint with
Latika Chaudhar, James Fenske
online
Date(s)
Friday, March 3 2023
10:00am to 11:00am
10:00am to 11:00am
Contact(s)
Gilles Dufrénot: gilles.dufrenot[at]sciencespo-aix.fr
Kiyotaka Sato: sato[at]ynu.ac.jp
Abstract
Does linguistic distance reduce migration? We study India at the beginning of the 20th century and today. We use historical and recent census data. In a bilateral gravity model, we regress migration between two regions on their linguistic distance, controlling for various measures of physical distance and similarity.
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