cradle of migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe, were most African migrants with overseas destinations live. The … European Union shares dual responsibility for the continuing migration pressure: First, because they fostered over decades … to be felt today, and constitutes one of the underlying factors for politically motivated migration. Secondly, the EU …

While Mexico's southern states differ substantially in terms of their migration profile, many of the issues confronted … by the three states are the same. In this paper, we focus on five questions: (a) How large are migration flows, and what … can be expected in the future?; (b) To what extent does migration increase per capita income and thereby reduce poverty …

This paper studies the link between migration, remittances and productive assets accumulation for a panel of poor rural … households in Mexico over the period 1997-2006. In a context of financial markets imperfections, migration may act as a …. Exploiting within family variation and an instrumental variable strategy, we show that migration indeed accelerates productive …

Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last 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 …

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

Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last 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 …

Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last 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 …

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

dynamics of international migration by highlighting the role of tradition in propelling migration; by admitting that the human … capital formation response to the prospect of migration is gradual; by studying the impact of such formation on economic … growth and welfare; by working out the consequences of the migration of parents for the wellbeing of their children; by …