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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Main Authors: Beine, Michel, Docquier, Frederic, Ozden, Caglar
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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WAR
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4984,Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Beine, Michel
Docquier, Frederic
Ozden, Caglar
author_facet Beine, Michel
Docquier, Frederic
Ozden, Caglar
author_sort Beine, Michel
title Diasporas
title_short Diasporas
title_full Diasporas
title_fullStr Diasporas
title_full_unstemmed Diasporas
title_sort diasporas
publishDate 2012
url 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
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