We analyze how migration prevalence and remittances shape income distribution using novel panel data that is nationally … equalizing change in the marginal effects of remittances was the highest. This provides supporting evidence for the migration … diffusion hypothesis. A fixed effects analysis of the effects of migration and remittances on in inequality at the village level …

Seasonal migration is an ever more important phenomenon worldwide, but has received little attention in empirical … research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from …. We also find that existing local networks of seasonal migrants are unrelated to permanent migration choice. Generally …

Seasonal migration is an ever more important phenomenon worldwide, but has received little attention in empirical … research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from …. We also find that existing local networks of seasonal migrants are unrelated to permanent migration choice. Generally …

This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The … empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as …, 1994; Rubin, 1974). I show that the point-identification of the causal impact of migration requires strong behavioral …

Europe and looks at the welfare implications of international migration for those who stay behind and the migrants themselves … the common view that decreased labor market activity is the result of remittances-driven leisure consumption. Instead, the … finds that the individual risk of falling victim to human trafficking is closely related to the size of regional migration …