Diasporas

Migration flows are shaped by a complex combination of self-selection and out-selection mechanisms. In this paper, the authors analyze how existing diasporas (the stock of people born in a country and living in another one) affect the size and human-capital structure of current migration flows. The analysis exploits a bilateral data set on international migration by educational attainment from 195 countries to 30 developed countries in 1990 and 2000. Based on simple micro-foundations and controlling for various determinants of migration, the analysis finds that diasporas increase migration flows, lower the average educational level and lead to higher concentration of low-skill migrants. Interestingly, diasporas explain the majority of the variability of migration flows and selection. This suggests that, without changing the generosity of family reunion programs, education-based selection rules are likely to have a moderate impact. The results are highly robust to the econometric techniques, accounting for the large proportion of zeros and endogeneity problems.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Beine, Michel, Docquier, Frederic, Ozden, Caglar
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2009-07-01
Subjects:	ABUSE, ADULT POPULATION, ASIAN WORKERS, BILATERAL IMMIGRATION, BRAIN DRAIN, CITIZENS, CITIZENSHIP, COUNTRY PAIR, COUNTRY PAIRS, DETERMINANTS OF MIGRATION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIASPORA, ECONOMIC MIGRATION, ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMIGRANTS, EMIGRATION, EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, ETHNIC DIVERSITY, ETHNICITY, FAMILIES, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, GENDER, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS, HOST COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRY, HUMAN CAPITAL, IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANTS, IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION POLICIES, IMMIGRATION POLICY, INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, MIGRANT, MIGRANT DIASPORAS, MIGRANT STOCK, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MIGRATION COSTS, MIGRATION DATA, MIGRATION DECISIONS, MIGRATION FLOWS, MIGRATION POLICIES, MIGRATION PROCESS, MINORITY, MOBILITY, NATIONAL BORDERS, NATIVE POPULATION, NORTH MIGRATION, NUMBER OF EMIGRANTS, NUMBER OF MIGRANTS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, PEACE, PERCENT OF IMMIGRANTS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION SIZE, POTENTIAL MIGRANT, POTENTIAL MIGRANTS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PROGRESS, PUSH FACTOR, PUSH FACTORS, REFUGEE, REFUGEES, RELIGION, REMITTANCES, RESPECT, ROLE OF MIGRATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION, SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICY, SKILL COMPOSITION, SKILL LEVEL, SKILL LEVELS, SKILLED EMIGRANTS, SKILLED MIGRANTS, SKILLED MIGRATION, SKILLED PEOPLE, SKILLED WORKERS, SOCIAL EXPENDITURES, SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL WELFARE, SOCIOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION, TYPES OF MIGRATION, UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION, VISAS, WAR, WARS, WELFARE STATE,
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090701160446 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4176
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