proposals to open international labor markets to allow for the temporary economic migration of low-skilled workers from … from migrants to their communities of origin underscores this aspect of migration. However, migration can also transform … returns to investment in human capital. The author explores the relationship between temporary economic migration and …

The authors examine the impact of migration on educational attainment in rural Mexico. Using historical migration rates … by state to instrument for current migration, they find evidence of a significant negative effect of migration on … completing high school. The negative effect of migration on schooling is somewhat mitigated for younger girls with low educated …

This study explores the extent to which migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in … Tanzania. Using longitudinal data on individuals, the authors estimate the impact of migration on consumption growth between … changes and the decision to migrate. The findings show that migration adds 36 percentage points to consumption growth, during …

This paper investigates how reductions of barriers to migration affect the decision of middle school graduates to … attend high school in rural China. Change in the cost of migration is identified using exogenous variation across counties in … rainfall shocks affecting migration decisions, and that timing is not related to proxies reflecting time-varying changes in …

This paper examines the determinants of remittance behavior for Vietnam using data from the 2004 Vietnam Migration …

equalize returns at the lower half of the distribution. The natural border created by the rivers appears to hinder migration …