This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The … empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as …, 1994; Rubin, 1974). I show that the point-identification of the causal impact of migration requires strong behavioral …

This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova … and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ … between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in line with general results from the migration literature, we …

; international migration ; remittances …Circular migration receives increasing attention due to its empirical relevance and as a policy concept to manage labor … characteristics of circular movers worldwide and investigates the consequences of restrictive migration policies. Recent policy …

. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues are discussed. Post-enlargement migrants from all three countries … things equal, and human capital became increasingly less pro-migration over time. Return migrants differ from all movers in … many ways and, in particular, are more educated. Although brain drain was not a feature of post-accession Baltic migration …

Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating … human capital theory and a household production model of migration where migrants may be temporary by choice and not because … of legal restrictions or even a bad experience in the labor market. -- Migration ; temporary migrants ; labor supply …

This paper investigates the relationship between international migration, remittances and human capital investment in … remittances a household receives and the amount of expenditures allocated to education (for all levels of education). We consider … Kenya. We use household level data from the 2009 Kenya Migration Household Survey (produced by the Africa Migration Project …

This article analyses the distributional impact of remittances across two regions of Algerian emigration (Nedroma and … Idjeur) using an original survey we conducted of 1,200 households in 2011. Remittances and especially the role played by … large as Nedroma. At the same time, they help reduce poverty by nearly 13 percentage points. Remittances have a strong …

remittances sent to rural households on consumption-type and investment-type expenditures. We apply propensity score matching to …This paper investigates how private transfers from internal migration in China affect the expenditure behaviour of … families left behind in rural areas. Using data from the Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) survey, we assess the impact of …

This paper studies how return migration intentions affect immigrants' behavior. Using a unique French data set, we …

This paper examines UK migration policy and recent migration flows from Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries to the UK … for increased migration from the EaP countries to help fill skill gaps, it seems very unlikely that the UK will allow …