in Bangladesh to out-migrate during the lean season, and document a set of striking facts. The incentive induces 22% of … family members of induced migrants, and follow-up data show that treated households continue to re-migrate at a higher rate …) experimenting with the new activity is risky, given uncertain prospects at the destination, (b) overcoming the risk requires …

inter-state migrants within India consume fewer calories per Rupee of food expenditure compared to their non … on culture: that migrants make nutritionally-suboptimal food choices due to cultural preferences for the traditional … foods of their origin states. First, I focus on the preferences themselves and document that migrants bring their origin …

This paper investigates the human capital investments of migrants whose duration in the host country is limited, either … by contract or by their own choice. The first part of the paper develops a model, distinguishing between migrants who … immigrate on a fixed contract, and migrants who choose their return point freely. The analysis has a number of interesting …

Like any trade activity, migration tends to generate gains to all parties involved - the migrants as well as the native … exclude migrants from the various entitlement programmes and public services, the modern welfare state can find migration …

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004 …