Migration is an important and yet neglected determinant of institutions. The paper documents the channels through which …

This paper analyzes the effects of parental migration on children left behind in order to understand whether and how … the effects of migration on children depend on which of their parents migrates. I describe the migration of one of the … Indonesia, where female migration is particularly widespread. To solve the selection problems entailed in the comparison between …

This paper explores the links between the patterns of migration (high vs. low-skill), trade policy, and foreign direct …-skill intensive, emigration of high- skill labour leads to positive FDI, suggesting that migration and FDI are complements. Cross …-sectional analysis using FDI and emigration data for 103 migration-sending countries over the period 1990-2000 finds some support for …

somewhat controversial. The most recent literature has focused on the link between skilled out-migration and educational …

public opinion on migration is affected by the potential labor market competition of migrants towards natives. We investigate … this issue by estimating the impact of survey respondents’ individual skill on their pro-migration attitudes. Our estimates …

This paper investigates the labor market effect of international migration on child work in countries of origin. We use … an original cross-country survey dataset, which combines information on international migration with detailed individual …