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 household. The ‘corrected’ impact that does take the change in household …

In estimating the impact of migration on income and poverty, existing studies have typically overlooked the fact that … migration changes the size of the household. The ‘corrected’ impact that takes the change in household size into account is …

Migration is a phenomenon that reflects economic, social and demographic imbalances across countries and requires a … development impact of migration. It will do so by commenting on three broad questions. First, how and in what ways is migration … important for development? Second, what are the costs and benefits of migration for developing and developed countries? And …

migration waves of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has left a legacy on the economic development of the counties where … look at the geography of migration across US counties in the 48 continental states. We then link this settlement pattern of … number of factors which may have influenced both the location of migrants at the time of migration, as well as for the …

developed but hundreds of millions. And yet migration is not "free" (see the case of China). …

Migration in a globalising world is on the increase, especially migration of the highly skilled. It is quite natural … impact of migration negative for the country of origin and therefore "brain drain" turned into "brain gain" when it was seen …. The road in the middle is called "brain strain" emphasising that out migration can be either positive or negative for the …

-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …

, I show that poor households' entitlement to an exogenous, temporary but guaranteed income stream increases US migration … collateral to finance the migration. The individuals who start migrating because of this income shock belong to households with … even if this income is mainly consumed and that some households likely use the entitlement to this income stream as …