remittances from migrants can provide additional funds for the education of the left behind. At the same time the absence of … data and matched administrative school-level public expenditures from the World Bank's Open Budget Initiative (BOOST) from … that the strongest migration-related response in private education expenditure are substantially lower informal payments to …

This paper examines the effect of international migration on the welfare of family members left behind at the origin …. Previous literature has produced inconclusive evidence, with some studies suggesting that migration reduces income poverty … provides a new unified framework that generates testable predictions of whether migration increases non-migrants' welfare in …

migration duration for patterns of selection by integrating two workhorses of the labor literature, a search model and a Roy … cognitive ability. Longer migration episodes lead to stronger positive selection on both education and ability, as its … associated jobs involve finer employee-employer matching and offer greater returns to experience. Networks are more valuable for …

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 …

. 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 …

; 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 …

Migration and the consequent flow of remittances are like a double-edged sword; while keeping many out of poverty, they … first to be able to specify the mechanism behind the link between remittances and migration. We find evidence that … country. These results provide a fresh outlook on the role of remittances in shaping migration flows in the migrant sending …

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 …

development at the regional level) are the two main motives behind remittance flows to Moldova. -- remittances ; migration …This paper explores the factors that account for the receipt of remittances across households in Moldova who have … recipient household and use it to interpret the determinants/motivations of remittances. Our results show that a combination of …