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 huma...
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okr-10986-41762021-04-23T14:02:16Z Diasporas Beine, Michel Docquier, Frederic Ozden, Caglar 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 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. 2012-03-19T19:11:18Z 2012-03-19T19:11:18Z 2009-07-01 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 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4984,Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP) CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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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 |
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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 Beine, Michel Docquier, Frederic Ozden, Caglar Diasporas |
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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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Beine, Michel Docquier, Frederic Ozden, Caglar |
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Beine, Michel Docquier, Frederic Ozden, Caglar |
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Beine, Michel |
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Diasporas |
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Diasporas |
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Diasporas |
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diasporas |
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2012 |
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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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