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Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532677
This paper examines the impact of migration on educational attainments in rural Mexico. Using historical migration … rates by state to instrument for current migration, we find evidence of a significant negative effect of migration on … completing high-school. The negative effect of migration on schooling is somewhat mitigated for younger girls with low educated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532816
-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532860
view tends to neglect two important dynamic e ffects: the role of migration networks, which could reduce immigrants …' quality, and the responsiveness of education decisions to the prospects of migration. Our model shows that migration networks …-equivalent migration costs by education level relate to networks. The results imply that the relationship between networks and immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532881
We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may … offers a different interpretation from the usually assumed migration network effects. With no need to endogenize migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532975
This paper examines the role of migration networks in determining self-selection patterns of Mexico-U.S. migration. We … first present a simple theoretical framework showing how such networks impact on migration incentives at different education … levels and, consequently, how they are likely to affect the expected skill composition of migration. Using survey data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533036
Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317978
-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009358645
We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may … offers a different interpretation from the usually assumed migration network effects. With no need to endogenize migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977231
This paper examines the role of migration networks in determining self-selection patterns of Mexico-U.S. migration. We … first present a simple theoretical framework showing how such networks impact on migration incentives at different education … levels and, consequently, how they are likely to affect the expected skill composition of migration. Using survey data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977235