(work or education), and the permanence spell up to either the return to India or right truncation. By means of survival …-dependence of the return hazard ratios, return work migrants appear to be negatively self-selected with respect to unobservable … skills acquired abroad, while evidence for education migrants is less conclusive …

time, that return migrants experience downward earnings mobility over two to three years prior to their return migration …

Migration (1850-1913). Return migrants were somewhat negatively selected from the migrant pool: Norwegian immigrants who … moving to the US. Upon returning to Norway, return migrants held higher-paid occupations than Norwegians who never moved … despite being negatively selected, return migrants were able to accumulate savings and improve their economic circumstances …

that temporary migration is widespread among highly skilled migrants (such as Eastern Europeans in Western Europe and …

Philippine migrants' return decisions respond to major, unexpected exchange rate changes in their overseas locations (due to the … points. However, some migrants appear motivated by target-earnings considerations: in households with intermediate foreign …

migration is a common phenomenon, with 38% of skilled migrants returning to their origin countries within 10 years. Return …. Migrants to advanced economies are positively selected on ability relative to stayers, while within this migrant population …

By putting together a relatively large data set on bilateral remittances of emigrants, this paper is able to shed light … on the important hypothesis of smoothing. The smoothing hypothesis is that remittances are countercyclical with respect … affirmation of smoothing is important for two reasons. First, it suggests that remittances should be placed on the list of …

-country savings does not affect remittances sent home by migrants …We implemented a randomized field experiment that tested ways to stimulate savings by international migrants in their … origin country. We find that migrants value and take advantage of opportunities to exert greater control over financial …

population education; better-educated migrants; and increased migration in high-skilled jobs. Four-fifths of long-run income … origin areas. Increased income from international labor migration not only benefits migrants themselves, but also fosters …

peso leads to increases in household remittances received from overseas. The estimated elasticity of Philippine …-peso remittances with respect to the Philippine/foreign exchange rate is 0.60. These positive income shocks lead to enhanced human … capital accumulation and entrepreneurship in migrants' origin households. Child schooling and educational expenditure rise …