income recipients and reduces labor income in host regions in the short run. In contrast, in sending countries, capital … remittances as well as an increase in labor income, although income from capital might decline. Second, in a hypothetical scenario … with lower South-South migration, the implied losses of remittance income could lead to substantially lower welfare in …

This paper argues that labor supply elasticities encode information about the determinants of income inequality. In the … leisure. The paper shows that reduced-form labor supply elasticities allow one to isolate the components of income due to … productivities versus preferences in the United States. Estimates from the literature imply productivities drive most of income …

opposite is true for out-migrants. For most of them, remittances represent a supplement to their income, particularly for those …

source of income and act as a buffer against income shocks …

education and from middle-income households. In addition to this economic migration, other factors like increased insecurity …

Foreign labor markets offer an excellent opportunity to improve employment and income outcomes for a country …. A more managed migration approach to select higher-income host countries promises higher and more regular levels of …

Afghanistan's geographic proximity to the world's third largest migration destination region behind North America and Europe: the … transfer income back to their families, save for future investments, and gain work experience and higher skills. Managed labor …