Measuring the gain in income from migration is complicated by non-random selection of migrants from the general … overcome this problem, providing an experimental measure of the income gains from migration. New Zealand allows a quota of … the authors in these two countries allows experimental estimates of the income gains from migration by comparing the …

The authors investigate the impact of international migration on child health outcomes in rural Mexico using a … migration may affect health outcomes and find evidence that migration raises health knowledge in addition to the direct effect … on wealth. However they also find that preventative health care, such as breastfeeding and vaccinations, is less likely …

contrast, there is little observed relationship between mental health and poverty or education, common measures of socio … impact on mental health than overall levels of poverty. This may have important implications for social protection policy …The social and economic consequences of poor mental health in the developing world are presumed to be significant, yet …

remittances on income, poverty, inequality, and human capital (or, in general, "welfare") as well as difficulties confronting …