This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The … empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as …, 1994; Rubin, 1974). I show that the point-identification of the causal impact of migration requires strong behavioral …

families who do not return those investments in order to prevent their own possibilities of receiving future remittances and … investments from being adversely affected. We find that in equilibrium we can have remittances to be invested and given back to … the migrant and remittances for private consumption by the migrant's family even in the complete absence of altruism on …

, and remittances. It finds little support for the revisionist approach. First, a higher skilled content of migration is … unwarranted. First, sustained migratory flows may be associated with an equally large flow of remittances. Second, migrants may … to acquire skills by home residents. This paper takes a further look at the link between skilled migration, education …

Remittances are considered as an important component of GDP in many developing countries. In order to increase …

This paper examines the interaction between migration policies of the host and source countries in the context of a … model of guest-worker migration. For the host, the objective is to provide low-cost labor for its employers while avoiding … seeks remittance flows and return migration by offering fiscal benefits to returnees. Within this framework, we solve for …

Temporary and circular migration programs have been devised by many destination countries and supported by the European … additional reason for proposing temporary migration policies based on the characteristics of the foreign labor-effort supply. The … when temporary migration policies are adopted. …