abstract: 'Spain is one of the Southern European nations characterized by very low

  inter-provincial mobility rates despite large inter-regional

  unemployment rate differences. We examine whether non-contributory

  pensions - an increasingly important component of many welfare systems,

  have curtailed the internal migration of younger cohorts over the past

  three decades. Using changes in the number of beneficiaries brought

  about by a policy reform in 1991, we show that old-age non-contributory

  pensions are associated with reduced internal migration of 25-to-35 year

  old men and women with less human capital. The effects do not appear to

  be driven by intergenerational reciprocity or quid pro quo exchanges,

  and do not extend to other types of pensions, hinting on systematic

  employment barriers faced by younger, less educated, or unexperienced

  men and women from lower income households qualifying for these

  pensions. The ability to rely on the support from older family members

  residing nearby might provide a lifeline but, simultaneously, curtail

  their propensity to out-migrate.'
affiliation: 'Borra, C (Corresponding Author), Univ Seville, Dept Econ \& Econ Hist,
  Ramon y Cajal 1, Seville 41018, Spain.

  Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina, Univ Calif, Merced, CA USA.

  Borra, Cristina, Univ Seville, Dept Econ \& Econ Hist, Ramon y Cajal 1, Seville
  41018, Spain.'
article-number: '101980'
author: Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina and Borra, Cristina
author-email: cborra@us.es
author_list:
- family: Amuedo-Dorantes
  given: Catalina
- family: Borra
  given: Cristina
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2021.101980
earlyaccessdate: APR 2021
eissn: 1879-1034
files: []
issn: 0927-5371
journal: LABOUR ECONOMICS
keywords: Internal migration; Non-contributory pensions; Inter-vivo support; Spain
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; MIGRATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; PROGRAM; PROXIMITY;

  TRANSFERS; GENDER; MARKET; CYCLE; WORK'
language: English
month: JUL
number-of-cited-references: '57'
orcid-numbers: Borra, Cristina/0000-0003-2277-8342
papis_id: 67af617f2bbbc8c12a918c7168ab5cd6
ref: Amuedodorantes2021rolenoncontributory
researcherid-numbers: Borra, Cristina/E-6281-2010
times-cited: '0'
title: The role of non-contributory pensions on internal mobility in Spain
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000672590400002
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '7'
volume: '70'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2021'