Increasing labor migration and simultaneous aging of societies are two important demographic developments many poor … investigates the e ect of migration on various dimensions of elderly health using unique data from Moldova, which has one of the … highest emigration rates in the world. We nd positive migration e ects on the body mass index (BMI), mobility and self …

in a migration experience, which increases the migrant's aspirations. This will induce her to invest more in the … given migration rate. We show that the optimal migration rate that maximizes the post-migration skill-rate of the population … is higher if we allow for the aspirations effect of migration. We use panel data from Indonesia to demonstrate that a …

We analyze how migration prevalence and remittances shape income distribution using novel panel data that is nationally … migration (attrition), we find that migration prevalence has increased between 2002 and 2007 reversing the unequalizing effects … inequality, and find that the regions that had the highest increase in international migration are also the regions where the …

A key problem in the literature on the economics of migration is how emigration of an individual affects households …

This article presents a new perspective on the impact of migration and remittances on labour market participation and … education are affected by migration. Based on household survey data from Moldova, our results challenge the assertion that those …

rural-urban migration. As a consequence, poverty tends to be fairly persistent over time. Moreover, low social mobility …