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This paper examines the long-run determinants of immigration to Germany, using a modified version of the Ricardo model for the period 1974-1999. The author uses static panel data methods and shows that variables representing factor abundance appear to have no effect whatsoever on labor flows to Germany in the analyzed period of rising unemployment. Meanwhile, variables representing income or productivity differences do have an impact, given that the stock of previous immigrants in the country of destination and the distance between sending countries and the receiving country are controlled for.