Abstract Using national data from 14 representative developing countries, this paper explores rural wage employment and its potential as a mechanism for improving the living standards of the rural poor. The analysis suggests that the sector of employment (agricultural or non-agricultural) and...

"In angespannten Arbeitsmarkt- und Arbeitslosigkeitsphasen zeigten Rückwanderungen von Ausländern aus dem Aufnahmeland - beschäftigungsmäßig gesehen - Entlastungseffekte. "Human" sind Wanderungen dieser Art, wenn sie zudem von der Gesellschaft des Heimatlandes erwünscht sind und wenn die...

"In angespannten Arbeitsmarkt- und Arbeitslosigkeitsphasen zeigten Rückwanderungen von Ausländern aus dem Aufnahmeland - beschäftigungsmäßig gesehen - Entlastungseffekte. "Human" sind Wanderungen dieser Art, wenn sie zudem von der Gesellschaft des Heimatlandes erwünscht sind und wenn die...

The present paper estimates the relationship between migration across labour-market regions and the subsequent changes in earnings in Sweden by using the individual’s grade point average (GPA) from the final year of comprehensive school as a proxy for ability. This measure aims to capture...

This paper draws a distinction between local return migrants, who move back to their home village, and regional return migrants, who return to other places within their home provinces in Thailand and Vietnam. Using multinomial regressions we firstly analyze determinants of internal return...

ILO pub. Article comprising a case study of relationships between internal migration (esp. Rural migration), technological change and agricultural production in India - concludes from a local level survey undertaken in the Punjab region in 1977 that rural migration and return migration improve...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a draft chapter on remittances from an anticipated guide to data collecting in internal migration surveys in developing countries - presents a simplified economic analysisof transfers to and from out-migrants, remittances in connection with return...

The existing literature has often underscored the “healthy migrant” effect and the “salmon bias” in understanding the health of migrants. Nevertheless, direct evidence for these two hypotheses, particularly the “salmon bias,” is limited. Using data from a national longitudinal survey...