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Income redistribution and self-selection of immigrants

Corneo, Giacomo; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2019

We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative dataset that includes information on almost every Italian citizen living abroad. Since Italy takes a middle ground in terms of redistribution, both the welfare-magnet effect from...

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Regional migration and wage inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union

Girsberger, Esther Mirjam; Méango, Romuald; Rapoport, … - 2018

We investigate the impact of regional migration on average wages and on wage inequality in the West African Economic … entails a decrease in inequality that ranges between -1.5% (for the Gini index) and -4.5% (for the interquartile ratio). This … is essentially driven by a reduction in inequality between countries, while the effect of migration on within …

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Decomposing the contribution of migration to poverty reduction : methodology and application to Tanzania

Christiaensen, Luc J.; De Weerdt, Joachim; Kanbur, Ravi - 2018

In an economy with migration, poverty changes are composed of a number of forces, including the income gains and losses realized by the various migration streams. We present a simple but powerful decomposition methodology that uses panel data to measure the contributions of different migration...

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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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Welfare magnets and internal migration in China

Jin, Zhangfeng - 2020

This study examines the causal effects ofwelfare benefits on internal migration decisions. Using a quasi-experimentalmigration reform across 283 Chinese cities from 2002 to 2015, combined with a difference-in-differences setup, Ishowthat improvedwelfarebenefitssubstantially increasemigration....

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Self-employment and migration

Giambra, Samuele; McKenzie, David J. - 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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The health impacts of relaxing internal migration policies : quasi-experimental evidence from China

Wu, Fengyu; Wang, Julia Shu-Huah; You, Jing; Teitler, Julien - 2025

This study examines the health impacts of a large-scale internal migration reform in China. Using nationally representative data from the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey (2012-2018) and a unique dataset on city-level policy intensity and adoption timing, we employ a triple-difference approach...

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Regional Equilibrium and Migration Patterns in the Americas 1960-2005 : Spatial Data Panel Analysis

Enriquez Sierra, Hernán - 2015

This paper analyzes the migration dynamics in the Americas from 1960 to 2005 using an equilibrium approach. The migration flow is evaluated using spatial econometrics techniques and controlling for the labor mobility effect and regional wages. Additionally, the estimated model looks for...

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Gravity models : a tool for migration analysis : availability of bilateral data on migratory flows has renewed interest in using gravity models to identify migration determinants

Ramos, Raúl - 2016

Gravity models have long been popular for analyzing economic phenomena related to the movement of goods and services, capital, or even people; however, data limitations regarding migration flows have hindered their use in this context. With access to improved bilateral (country to country) data,...

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