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Remittances and inequality: A dynamic migration model
Docquier, Frederic; Rapoport, Hillel; Shen, I-Ling - 2006
We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … wealth inequality is shown to be monotonically reduced along the time-span, the short- and the long-run impacts on income … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532975
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Remittances and inequality: A dynamic migration model
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Shen, I-Ling - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2006
We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality in the origin communities. While … wealth inequality is shown to be monotonically reduced along the time-span, the short- and the long-run impacts on income … inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship between migration/remittances and inequality may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977231
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Self-employment and Migration
Giambra, Samuele; McKenzie, David - 2019
There is a widespread policy view that a lack of job opportunities at home is a key reason for migration, accompanied by suggestions of the need to spend more on creating these opportunities so as to reduce migration. Self-employment is widespread in poor countries, and faced with a lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532786
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Risk Attitudes and Household Migration Decisions
Dustmann, Christian; Fasani, Francesco; Meng, Xin; … - 2015
This paper analyses the relation between individual migrations and the risk attitudes of other household members when migration is a household decision. We develop a simple model that implies that which members migrate depends on the distribution of risk attitudes among all household members,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533096
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Can Migration Reduce Educational Attainments? Depressing Evidence from Mexico
McKenzie, David; Rapoport, Hillel - 2006
This paper examines the impact of migration on educational attainments in rural Mexico. Using historical migration rates by state to instrument for current migration, we find evidence of a significant negative effect of migration on schooling attendance and attainments of 12 to 18 year-old boys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532816
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Self-selection patterns in Mexico-U.S. migration: The role of migration networks
McKenzie, David; Rapoport, Hillel - 2007
This paper examines the role of migration networks in determining self-selection patterns of Mexico-U.S. migration. We first present a simple theoretical framework showing how such networks impact on migration incentives at different education levels and, consequently, how they are likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533036
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Immigration Policies and the Ecuadorian Exodus
Bertoli, Simone; Moraga, Jesus Fernandez-Huertas; … - 2010
Ecuador experienced an unprecedented wave of international migration since the late 1990s, triggered by a severe economic and financial crisis. This paper gathers individual-level data from Ecuador and the two main destinations of Ecuadorian migrants: the US and Spain. First, we provide a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533054
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Can Migration Reduce Educational Attainments? Depressing Evidence from Mexico
McKenzie, David Mckenzie; Rapoport, Hillel - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2006
This paper examines the impact of migration on educational attainments in rural Mexico. Using historical migration rates by state to instrument for current migration, we find evidence of a significant negative effect of migration on schooling attendance and attainments of 12 to 18 year-old boys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967956
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Self-selection patterns in Mexico-U.S. migration: The role of migration networks
McKenzie, David Mckenzie; Rapoport, Hillel - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2007
This paper examines the role of migration networks in determining self-selection patterns of Mexico-U.S. migration. We first present a simple theoretical framework showing how such networks impact on migration incentives at different education levels and, consequently, how they are likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977235
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Immigration Policies and the Ecuadorian Exodus
Bertoli, Simone; Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús; … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
Ecuador experienced an unprecedented wave of international migration since the late 1990s, triggered by a severe economic and financial crisis. This paper gathers individual-level data from Ecuador and the two main destinations of Ecuadorian migrants: the US and Spain. First, we provide a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317970