migration lottery in order to experimentally estimate the impact of migration on objective and subjective well-being. The … well-being by moving to where incomes are higher. But effects of migration on subjective well-being are less clear, with … some studies suggesting that migrants are miserable in their new locations. Observational studies are potentially biased by …

migrants are complicated by a double-selectivity problem: households self-select into migration, and among households involved … ballots. The immigration laws determine which household members can accompany the principal migrant, providing an instrument …, leading studies which fail to adequately address them to misrepresent the impact of migration. -- Emigration ; natural …

migrants are complicated by a double-selectivity problem: households self-select into migration, and among households involved … ballots. The immigration laws determine which household members can accompany the principal migrant, providing an instrument …, leading studies which fail to adequately address them to misrepresent the impact of migration …

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 … descriptively examine the relationship between migration and self-employment, finding that the self-employed are indeed less likely …

numbers and wages to GDP shocks in destination countries. We find a large significant elasticity of migrant numbers to GDP … shocks at destination, but no significant wage response. This is consistent with binding minimum wages for migrant labor …. This result implies that labor market imperfections that make international migration attractive also make migrant flows …

numbers and wages to GDP shocks in destination countries. We find a large significant elasticity of migrant numbers to GDP … shocks at destination, but no significant wage response. This is consistent with binding minimum wages for migrant labor …. This result implies that labor market imperfections that make international migration attractive also make migrant flows …

-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …

-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the last two decades are the … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …

; there are large benefits from migration in terms of postgraduate education; most high-skilled migrants from poorer countries …Brain drain has long been a common concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high … show that there are very high levels of emigration and of return migration among the very highly skilled; the income gains …

; there are large benefits from migration in terms of postgraduate education; most high-skilled migrants from poorer countries …Brain drain has long been a common concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high … show that there are very high levels of emigration and of return migration among the very highly skilled; the income gains …