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Remittances and Inequality: A Dynamic Migration Model

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2003

We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … wealth inequality but may generate higher income inequality. Moreover, the short-run and long-run impacts of migration on …

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Remittances and Inequality: A Dynamic Migration Model

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

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Strong versus Weak Ties in Migration

Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - 2014

This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in the rural-to-urban migration decision in China. We first develop a network model that puts forward the different roles of weak and strong ties in helping workers to migrate to the city. We then use a unique longitudinal data that allows...

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Moving to Despair? Migration and Well-Being in Pakistan

Chen, Joyce J.; Kosec, Katrina; Mueller, Valerie - 2017

inequality by shifting production – rather than workers – across space. …

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China's "Great Migration": The Impact of the Reduction in Trade Policy Uncertainty

Facchini, Giovanni; Liu, Maggie Y.; Mayda, Anna Maria; … - 2018

We analyze the effect of China's integration into the world economy on workers in the country and show that one important channel of impact has been internal migration. Specifically, we study the changes in internal migration rates triggered by the reduction in trade policy uncertainty faced by...

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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...

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Air Pollution Quotas and the Dynamics of Internal Skilled Migration in Chinese Cities

Yu, Bo; Lee, Wang-Sheng; Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa - 2020

This paper examines the role of a sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions quota introduced as part of China's 11th Five-Year Plan on internal movements of high-skilled labour across Chinese prefecture cities. Using data on migration flows calculated through changes in Hukou status, this study suggests...

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When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development

De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021

While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of...

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Internal migration and life satisfaction: Well-being effects of moving as a young adult

Switek, Malgorzata - 2012

Migration typically leads to higher income, but its association with life satisfaction remains unclear. Is migration accompanied by an increase in life satisfaction? If it is, is the increase in income responsible or are other life domains driving the satisfaction changes? These two questions...

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Internal Migration and Life Satisfaction: Well-Being Effects of Moving as a Young Adult

Switek, Malgorzata - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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