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作者

Blaise Gnimassoun

来源

INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW,

语言

英文

关键字

income per capita, trade, international migration, economic integration, Africa

作者单位

1BETA—CNRS, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France;2EconomiX-CNRS, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France

摘要

Regional integration in Africa is a subject of great interest, but its impact on income has not been studied sufficiently. Using cross-sectional and panel estimations, this article examines the impact of African integration on real per capita income in Africa. Accordingly, we consider intra-African trade and migration flows as quantitative measures reflecting the intensity of regional integration. To address the endogeneity concerns, we use a gravity-based, two-stage least-squares strategy. Our results show that, from a long-term perspective, African integration has not been strong enough to generate a positive, significant, and robust impact on real per capita income in Africa. However, it does appear to be significantly income-enhancing in the short and medium terms but only through intercountry migration. These results are robust to a wide range of specifications.