A ban on migration from Suriname, a former Dutch colony, to the Netherlands induced a mass migration and changed the selection of migrants. We exploit this historical episode to study the relationship between the self-selection of migrants and their long-term economic integration over three...

In 2007, for the first time since the Great Depression, more migrants returned to Mexico than those that migrated to the United States. We exploit this sharp flow reversal to examine whether return migration has played a role in reducing inequality and poverty while increasing income. We...

Romanian migration evolved from 1990 to become one of the biggest population movements in Europe. During the socialist era, international migration was relatively small, with only specific categories of people able to leave the country. Broadly speaking, these were ethnic migrants who left...

Making a comprehensive comparison of subnational levels of infrastructure development in the Philippines is difficult due to the uneven availability of data on infrastructure indicators across geo-political areas. This study shows that this is possible at the regional level by developing a...

During 2022, about eight million Ukrainians were displaced from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion. Whether these individuals will return holds great significance for Ukraine's reconstruction and is pivotal in shaping integration strategies in host countries. We used Facebook ads to recruit a...

Purpose: This study attempted to contribute to the existing literature on return migration by framing the discussion within the association between self-employment and returning migrants in the context of Ethiopia particularly on Gondar city youth returnees. Design/methodology/approach: The...

Japan moved its production processes through foreign direct investment to Southeast Asia, including Thailand, in the 1970s. However, due to the lack of human capital, Thailand failed to absorb the technology and came up with their own innovations as the Asian New Industrialized Economies....

Is naturalization an effective tool to boost refugees' labor market integration? We address this novel empirical question by exploring survey data from 21 European countries and leveraging variation in citizenship laws across countries, time, and migrant groups as a source of exogenous variation...