Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the past two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …

migration attractive also make migrant flows more sensitive to global business cycles. Difference-in-differences analysis of a …

reduction in persecution. Yet a large literature suggests that migration can be a stressful process, with potentially negative … impacts on mental health, reducing the net benefits of migration. However, to truly understand the effect of migration on … groups. This paper overcomes the selection problems affecting previous studies of the effect of migration on mental health by …

Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the past two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …

migration attractive also make migrant flows more sensitive to global business cycles. Difference-in-differences analysis of a …

Many research and policy questions surrounding migration are causal questions. What causes people to migrate? What are … the consequences of migration for the migrants, their families, and their communities? Answering these questions requires … dealing with the self-selection inherent in migration choices. Field and natural experiments offer methodological approaches …

Irregular migration from Africa to Europe attracts substantial policy attention. Although international migration can … migration through increased enforcement, and through information campaigns that emphasize the dangers associated with irregular … migration. However, evidence on the effectiveness of such campaigns is limited, and such policies may not be enough if they do …

reduction in persecution. Yet a large literature suggests that migration can be a stressful process, with potentially negative … impacts on mental health, reducing the net benefits of migration. However, to truly understand the effect of migration on … groups. This paper overcomes the selection problems affecting previous studies of the effect of migration on mental health by …

People migrate to improve their well-being. Yet a large literature suggests that migration can be a stressful process …, with potentially negative impacts on mental health. However, to truly understand the effect of migration one must compare … choose amongst the excess number of applicants. Experimental estimates of the mental health effects of migration are obtained …

The impact of migration on food security and child health is likely to differ depending on whether children themselves … country. Moreover, self-selection into migration makes unbiased estimation of either impact difficult. We overcome these … in Tonga, with the migration policy rules providing a source of exogenous variation for identifying impacts. Our …