with that of migration and addresses this gap by developing a theory of a growing phenomenon: the transnational social …

left behind. Migrants’ relatives build their expectations on earnings from migration through received information on the … wage distribution in the destination country either from the size of remittances or directly from migrants. If their … expected earnings from migration greatly exceed their current wages in the source country, migrant relatives become more …

We study the consequences of international migration on labor market outcomes in a developing country. Specifically, we … look at the case of Mexico, where large-scale international migration has led to significant declines in the male … historical migration patterns, we find that when there are relatively fewer men, women are more likely to work, have high …

Bilateral labor agreements (BLAs) are preferred policy models for regulating migration by many governments around the … following analysis answers the question "Do BLAs affect the migration outflows of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)?" using a … drive migration. However, BLAs have statistically significant effects on gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and exports …

that women's economic rights in developing countries of origin have three effects on their migration prospects to a place …'s agency to make or otherwise influence migration decisions. These two constraining effects on the female share in migrant … powerful push factor. We find corroborating evidence in our analysis of the gender composition of migration to Germany over the …

Economic research on labor migration in the developing world has traditionally focused on the role played by the … remittances of overseas migrant labor in the sending country’s economy. Recently, due in no small part to the availability of rich … microdata, more attention has been paid to the effects of migration on the lives of family members left behind. This paper …