Migration, remittances, poverty, and human capital: conceptual and empirical challenges
In: Policy research working paper 4272
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In: Policy research working paper 4021
In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11923
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In: Population and development review, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 115-135
ISSN: 1728-4457
Individual‐level census and household survey data are used to present a rich profile of young developing country international migrants around the world. They are found to comprise a large share of the flow of migrants, particularly among migrants to other developing countries, with the age distribution of migrants peaking in the late teens or early twenties. Detailed data are presented on the age and sex composition of migrants, on whether young migrants move alone or with a parent or spouse, on their participation in schooling and work in the destination country, on the types of jobs they have, and on the incidence and age of return migration. The results suggest a high degree of commonality in the youth immigrant experience across a number of destination countries. Recent developing country young migrants tend to work in similar occupations and are more concentrated in these occupations than recent older migrants or young immigrants who arrived at an earlier age. Nevertheless, there is also considerable heterogeneity among young immigrants with respect to school attendance and work in their destination country. The potential of international migration for building human capital is significant but far from being fully used.
In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Band 55, Heft 4, S. 845-848
ISSN: 1539-2988
In: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4021
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In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Band 55, Heft 1, S. 139-172
ISSN: 1539-2988
In: China economic review, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 84-101
ISSN: 1043-951X
In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Band 52, Heft 4, S. 719-758
ISSN: 1539-2988
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 31, Heft 7, S. 1179-1199
ISSN: 0305-750X
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In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 31, Heft 7, S. 1179-1199
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 10655
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In: Discussion paper series 3173
Few representative surveys of households of migrants exist, limiting our ability to study the effects of international migration on sending families. We report the results of an experiment designed to compare the performance of three alternative survey methods in collecting data from Japanese-Brazilian families, many of whom send migrants to Japan. The three surveys conducted were 1) Households selected randomly from a door-to-door listing using the Brazilian Census to select census blocks; 2) A snowball survey using Nikkei community groups to select the seeds; and 3) An intercept point survey collected at Nikkei community gatherings, ethnic grocery stores, sports clubs, and other locations where family members of migrants are likely to congregate. We analyze how closely well-designed snowball and intercept point surveys can approach the much more expensive census-based method in terms of giving information on the characteristics of migrants, the level of remittances received, and the incidence and determinants of return migration. -- Migration ; surveys ; rare elements ; intercept-point
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 141, S. 1-16
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In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16469
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