International Migration, Economic Development and Policy

This volume reflects the expansion of the World Bank Research Program on International Migration and Development into new substantive and geographic areas. It presents a new global migration database and includes studies of the determinants and impact of return and circular migration, the impact of the flow of ideas on fertility, host country policies and their impact on immigrants, and the impact of international migration and remittances on poverty and other development indicators. The studies cover countries from Latin America, North Africa, South Asia, the South Pacific, and Western Europe, and show that the impact of migration on education and health tends to benefit girls more than boys, that its impact on labor force participation tends to be stronger for women than men, that return migrants tend to do better than non-migrants, and that fertility has tended to decline in countries whose migration has been to the West and has failed to do so in countries whose migration has been to the Gulf. The purpose of the case studies is to illustrate and clarify many theoretical mechanisms and to advance understanding of the impact of different migration policies, given that introducing policy variables in econometric regressions is generally difficult. Each study in this volume aims to answer a variety of development- and policy-related questions using the most appropriate of these three methodologies. These empirical studies and analyses include exploration of some novel hypotheses; they are also new in terms of the topics selected and the regions/ countries examined

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Main Authors: Schiff, Maurice, Özden, Çağlar
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan 2007
Subjects:ADULT MEN, ADULT WOMEN, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, ASYLUM, ASYLUM SEEKERS, ATTENDANCE OF GIRLS, BIRTH RATES, BIRTHS, BORDERS, BRAIN DRAIN, BRAIN GAIN, BRAIN-DRAIN, CENSUS DATA, CENSUSES, CENTRAL AMERICA, CHILD DELIVERY, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD LABOR, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CITIZENSHIP, CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION, COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, DEMOCRACY, DEMOGRAPHERS, DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, DETERMINANTS OF MIGRATION, DETERMINANTS OF MIGRATION FLOWS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISSEMINATION, DROPOUT, ECONOMIC OBSTACLES, EDUCATED MIGRANTS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EFFECTS OF MIGRATION, EMIGRANT REMITTANCES, EMIGRANTS, EMIGRATION, EMIGRATIONS, EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION, EUROPEAN MIGRANTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY REUNIFICATION, FAMILY REUNIFICATION POLICIES, FAMILY STRUCTURE, FEMALE LABOR, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATES, FERTILITY SURVEY, FERTILITY TRANSITION, FORCED MIGRATION, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN LABOR, FOREIGN LABOR FORCE, FOREIGN PARENTS, FOREIGN POPULATION, FOREIGN POPULATIONS, FOREIGN STUDENTS, FOREIGN WOMEN, FOREIGNERS, GENDER, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DIMENSIONS, GLOBAL COMMISSION, GLOBAL COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, GLOBAL POLICY, HOME COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRY, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANT FLOWS, IMMIGRANTS, IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION FLOWS, IMMIGRATION POLICIES, IMMIGRATION POLICY, IMPACT OF MIGRATION, IMPACT ON GIRLS, IMPACT ON HEALTH, IMPORTANT POLICY, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INEQUALITY, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFLOW OF WORKERS, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, INTERNAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT, INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION STATISTICS, INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR MIGRATION, LABOR-MARKET, LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, LATIN AMERICAN, LEGAL MIGRANTS, LEGAL STATUS, LOW FERTILITY, MARRIAGES, MICRONESIA FEDERATED STATES OF, MIDDLE EAST, MIDDLE EASTERN, MIGRANT, MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS, MIGRANT LABOR, MIGRANT POPULATION, MIGRANT POPULATIONS, MIGRANT STOCK, MIGRANT_ORIGIN, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES, MIGRATION COSTS, MIGRATION DATA, MIGRATION DECISIONS, MIGRATION FLOWS, MIGRATION ISSUES, MIGRATION PATTERNS, MIGRATION POLICIES, MIGRATION POLICY, MIGRATION RATES, MIGRATION RESEARCH, MIGRATION STATISTICS, MIGRATIONS, MOBILITY, MOTHER, MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, NATIONAL POPULATION, NATIONALS, NATURALIZATION, NATURALIZATION POLICIES, NATURALIZATION PROCEDURES, NET MIGRATION, NORTH AFRICA, NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS, NUMBER OF MIGRANTS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, PACIFIC ISLANDS, PERCENT OF MIGRANTS, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, POLICY ANALYSIS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POPULATION CENSUSES, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION POLICY, POPULATION REGISTERS, POTENTIAL MIGRANTS, POTENTIAL USERS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PROGRESS, PUBLIC ATTENTION, PUBLIC POLICY, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, REFUGEE, REFUGEE STUDIES, REFUGEES, REMIGRATION, REMITTANCES, RESEARCH COMMUNITY, RESEARCH ON MIGRATION, RETURN MIGRATION, RETURNEES, ROLE OF MIGRATION, RURAL POVERTY, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SKILL LEVELS, SKILLED LABOR, SKILLED WORKERS, SMALL ENTERPRISES, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL UPHEAVAL, SOUTH AMERICA, SOVEREIGNTY, SPILLOVER, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, TEMPORARY MIGRANTS, TEMPORARY MIGRATION, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNITED NATIONS, UNSKILLED WORKERS, VIRGIN, VISAS, WAR, WESTERN EUROPE, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORK PERMITS, WORLD MIGRATION, WORLD POPULATION, YOUNG GIRLS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8099387/international-migration-economic-development-policy
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6766
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Summary:This volume reflects the expansion of the World Bank Research Program on International Migration and Development into new substantive and geographic areas. It presents a new global migration database and includes studies of the determinants and impact of return and circular migration, the impact of the flow of ideas on fertility, host country policies and their impact on immigrants, and the impact of international migration and remittances on poverty and other development indicators. The studies cover countries from Latin America, North Africa, South Asia, the South Pacific, and Western Europe, and show that the impact of migration on education and health tends to benefit girls more than boys, that its impact on labor force participation tends to be stronger for women than men, that return migrants tend to do better than non-migrants, and that fertility has tended to decline in countries whose migration has been to the West and has failed to do so in countries whose migration has been to the Gulf. The purpose of the case studies is to illustrate and clarify many theoretical mechanisms and to advance understanding of the impact of different migration policies, given that introducing policy variables in econometric regressions is generally difficult. Each study in this volume aims to answer a variety of development- and policy-related questions using the most appropriate of these three methodologies. These empirical studies and analyses include exploration of some novel hypotheses; they are also new in terms of the topics selected and the regions/ countries examined