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norms from migrants to their country of origin: a one percent decrease in the fertility norm to which migrants are exposed …
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the economic prospects of overseas migrants affect origin-household investments-in particular, in child human capital and … lead to greater entry into relatively capital-intensive enterprises by migrants' origin households. "--World Bank web site …
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government has tried to manage the flows of migrants in the hope of reconciling a chronic excess demand for labor with mounting … of immigration policy and its goal has become very weak and the level of foreign population is at an all time high …
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remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration … destination countries are the United States, the Russian Federation, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and Canada. The top immigration … seen the largest inflows of migrants between 2005 and 2010, despite the global financial crisis. The expansion of the …
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"This paper examines how households trade off migration and savings when subject to exogenous violence. The authors propose that households under violence decide jointly on migration and saving, because a higher asset-stock is more difficult to carry to a new place. When confronted with...
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"The authors examine the impact of migration on educational attainment in rural Mexico. Using historical migration rates by state to instrument for current migration, they find evidence of a significant negative effect of migration on schooling attendance and attainment of 12 to 18 year-old boys...
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