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Regional Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua

Molina Millán, Teresa - 2015

To test whether transfers sent and received by regional migrants serve an insurance role, this paper estimates the causal impact of income shocks at a migrant's origin and destination location on the bilateral transfer of funds. Using rainfall shocks in rural Nicaragua, I find that migrants aged...

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Encouragement and Distortionary Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers

Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; … - 2021

Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs aim to reduce poverty or achieve other social goals by making the transfers conditional upon the receivers' actions. Conditions are designed to encourage some desirable behavior that recipients might otherwise under-invest in. An unintended consequence of...

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Risk Attitudes and Household Migration Decisions

Dustmann, Christian; Fasani, Francesco; Meng, Xin; … - 2017

This paper analyses the relation between individual migrations and the risk attitudes of other household members when … of risk attitudes among all household members, and that the risk diversification gain to other household members may … induce migrations that would not take place in an individual framework. Using unique data for China on risk attitudes of …

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Migration's income and poverty impact has been underestimated

Schiff, Maurice - 2006

This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing studies have typically overlooked a feature of migration that should be taken into account in estimating its impact, namely the fact that migration changes the size of the...

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The economic integration of forced migrants: Evidence for Post-War Germany

Bauer, Thomas K.; Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2011

The flight and expulsion of Germans from Eastern Europe during and after World War II constitutes one of the largest forced population movements in history. We analyze the economic integration of these forced migrants and their offspring in West Germany. The empirical results suggest that even a...

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The Role of Unemployment and Job Change When Estimating the Returns to Migration

Emmler, Julian; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2020

Estimating the returns to migration from East to West Germany, we focus on pre-migration employment dynamics, earnings uncertainty, and job change. Migrants are found to be negatively selected with respect to labor market outcomes, with a large drop in earnings and employment during the last few...

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The Labor Market Impacts of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Brazil

Shamsuddin, Mrittika; Acosta, Pablo A.; Schwengber, … - 2022

As more and more Venezuelans leave their country, fleeing the economic and social crisis, the number of Venezuelans in Brazil has risen steadily since 2016, constituting about 18.6 percent of Brazil's 1.4 million refugee and migrant population as of October 2020. Past research finds that the...

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Migrant Networks and Destination Choice: Evidence from Moves across Turkish Provinces

Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Duman, Erkan - 2021

This paper estimates effects of birth place migration networks and other location attributes on destination choices of internal migrants conditional on migration. We also study heterogeneity in the role of these factors for migrant types who differ by skill group, age at migration, and reason of...

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Child Growth and Refugee Status: Evidence from Syrian Migrants in Turkey

Demirci, Murat; Foster, Andrew; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2022

This study examines disparities in health and nutrition among native and Syrian-refugee children in Turkey. With a view toward understanding the need for targeted programs addressing child well-being among the refugee population, we analyze, in particular, the Turkey Demographic and Health...

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The Within-Country Distribution of Brain Drain and Brain Gain Effects: A Case Study on Senegal

Bocquier, Philippe; Cha'Ngom, Narcisse; Docquier, Frédéric - 2023

Existing empirical literature provides converging evidence that selective emigration enhances human capital accumulation in the world's poorest countries. However, the within-country distribution of such brain gain effects has received limited attention. Focusing on Senegal, we provide evidence...

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