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Split Decisions : Family Finance When a Policy Discontinuity Allocates Overseas Work
Clemens, Michael A. - 2012
entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096767
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A Global View of Cross-Border Migration
di Giovanni, Julian - 2013
This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … Jamaica or El Salvador – are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The quantitative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090780
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Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show that More Educated Migrants Remit More
Bollard, Albert - 2009
large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … than characteristics of their family situations explains much of the higher remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154983
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The Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind : Estimation in Presence of Intra-Household Selection of Migrants
Murard, Elie - 2019
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 to whether or not send a migrant. Yet, the subsequent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894050
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'To Have and Have Not' : Migration, Remittances, Poverty and Inequality in Algeria
Margolis, David N. - 2015
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034625
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Substitution between Individual and Cultural Capital : Pre-Migration Labor Supply, Culture and US Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Woman
Blau, Francine D. - 2011
In this paper we use New Immigrant Survey data to investigate the impact of immigrant women's own labor supply prior to migrating and female labor supply in their source country to provide evidence on the role of human capital and culture in affecting their labor supply and wages in the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121740
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Trade, FDI, Migration, and the Place Premium : Mexico and the United States
Gandolfi, Davide - 2015
Large wage differences between countries ("place premiums") are well documented. Theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased migration, capital flows, and commercial integration. All three have increased between the United States and Mexico over the last 25 years. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016278
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Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives : Evidence from Hurricane Mitch
Kugler, Adriana D.; Yuksel, Mutlu - 2021
Starting in the 1980s, the composition of immigrants to the U.S. shifted towards less-skilled workers partly due to the influx of Latin American immigrants in the past few decades. Around this time, real wages and employment of younger and less-educated U.S. workers fell. Some believe that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324999
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Migration and Culture
Epstein, Gil S. - 2010
Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding openly into the discussion, usually under some pseudonym. The authors bring culture into the open. They are concerned with how culture manifests itself in the migration process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139048
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Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind
Antman, Francisca - 2012
dollars from U.S. migrant remittances appear to enable families to further educate their daughters. Thus, policymakers should …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104680