The Long-term Impacts of International Migration
We examine the long-term impacts of international migration by comparing immigrants who had successful ballot entries in a migration lottery program, and first moved almost a decade ago, with people who had unsuccessful entries into those same ballots. The long-term gain in income is found to be similar in magnitude to the gain in the first year despite migrants upgrading their education and changing their locations and occupations. This results in large sustained benefits to their immediate family who have substantially higher consumption, durable asset ownership, savings, and dietary diversity. In contrast we find no measurable impact on extended family.
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2018-02-01
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| Subjects: | MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, LABOR MARKET, REMITTANCES, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, NATURAL EXPERIMENT, ASSIMILATION, HOUSEHOLD WELLBEING, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32168 |
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