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 …

; 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 …

-by-year fixed effects. The results are also consistent after employing comprehensive measures of connectedness, employing matching …

, we test whether and how much language proficiency determines migration flows across Europe. The European Union with …

This paper develops and estimates a joint hazard-longitudinal (JHL) model of the timing of migration and labor market … endogenous age of entry in estimating the returns to years since migration by allowing cross-equation correlations of random …

Many destination countries consider implementing points-based migration systems as a way to improve migrants' quality …

, during and after the financial crisis. Exploiting unique panel data which cover migration spells from Tajikistan between 2001 …