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| nep-mig | New Economics Papers |
| on Economics of Human Migration |
| Issue of 2015‒12‒01
twelve papers chosen by
Yuji Tamura
La Trobe University
http://econpapers.repec.org/pta90
| |
- Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation vs. CultureBlau, Francine D.
- Migration, Transfers and Child LaborRalitza Dimova; Gil S. Epstein; Ira N.
Gang
- Emigration, Remittances and the Education of Children Staying Behind:
Evidence from TajikistanDietz, Barbara; Gatskova, Ksenia; Ivlevs, Artjoms
- Ethnic Goods and Immigrant AssimilationIlhom Abdulloev; Gil S. Epstein;
Ira N. Gang
- Local-Level Immigration and Life Satisfaction: The EU Enlargement
Experience in England and WalesIvlevs, Artjoms; Veliziotis, Michail
- Colombian Emigration by Administrative RegionsSaenz, Mariana; Lewer,
Joshua J.
- Migrants' Remittances: Channelling GlobalizationAnghel, Remus Gabriel;
Piracha, Matloob; Randazzo, Teresa
- Do Earnings by College Major Affect Graduate Migration?Winters, John V.
- Improving the Regulatory and Support Environment for Migrant Workers for
Greater Productivity, Competitiveness, and Social Welfare in ASEANNaomi
HATSUKANO
- Homeownership of Immigrants in France: Selection Effects Related to
International Migration FlowsGobillon, Laurent; Solignac, Matthieu
- Diaspora, Development and MoroccoUri Dadush
- Population, Migration, Ageing and Health: A SurveyChristian Dustmann;
Giovanni Facchini; Cora Signorotto
- Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation vs. Culture
| Date: | 2015-11 |
| By: | Blau, Francine D. (Cornell University) |
| This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source
country culture in influencing immigrant women's behavior in the United States
– looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and
across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for
the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We find
considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence
immigrant and second generation women's behavior in the United States. This
conclusion is robust to various efforts to rule out the effect of other
unobservables and to distinguish the effect of culture from that of social
capital. These results support a growing literature that suggests that culture
matters for economic behavior. At the same time, the results suggest
considerable evidence of assimilation of immigrants. Immigrant women narrow the
labor supply gap with native‐born women with time in the United States, and,
while our results suggest an important role for intergenerational transmission,
they also indicate considerable convergence of immigrants to native levels of
schooling, fertility, and labor supply across generations. |
| Keywords: | gender, immigration, labor supply, wages, social
capital, culture, human capital |
| JEL: | J13 J16 J22 J24 J61 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9534&r=mig |
- Migration, Transfers and Child Labor
| Date: | 2015-11-25 |
| By: | Ralitza Dimova (Institute of Development Policy AND
Management, University of Manchester and IZA, Bonn.) ; Gil S. Epstein (Bar Ilan
University, Ramat Gan and IZA, Bonn and CReAM, London.) ; Ira N. Gang (Rutgers
University and IZA, Bonn, CReAM, London and IOS, Regensburg.) |
| We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration,
transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We start by developing a
theoretical background based on Basu and Van, (1998), Basu, (1999, 2000) and
Epstein and Kahana (2008) and show how hiring labor from outside the household
and transfers to the household might induce a reduction in children’s working
hours. Analysis using Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data on the
Kagera region in Tanzania lend support to the hypothesis that both emigration
and remittances reduce child labor. |
| Keywords: | child labor, remittances, emigration, migration |
| JEL: | D62 F22 I30 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rut:rutres:201523&r=mig |
- Emigration, Remittances and the Education of Children Staying Behind:
Evidence from Tajikistan
| Date: | 2015-11 |
| By: | Dietz, Barbara (Institute for East and Southeast European
Studies, Regensburg) ; Gatskova, Ksenia (Institute for East and Southeast
European Studies, Regensburg) ; Ivlevs, Artjoms (University of the West of
England, Bristol) |
| We study the relationship between migration and children's education in
Tajikistan – one of the poorest and most remittance-dependent economies in the
world. The analysis of a unique three-wave household panel survey reveals that
emigration of family members is negatively associated with children's school
attendance. Receiving remittances does not offset this negative effect.
Migration of non-parent family members (such as siblings) is particularly
detrimental to school attendance, especially among older children and children
from less educated households. This supports a conjecture that emigration in
Tajikistan has a negative signaling effect on the education of children staying
behind. |
| Keywords: | migration, remittances, schooling, Tajikistan |
| JEL: | J61 O15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9515&r=mig |
- Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation
| Date: | 2015-11-25 |
| By: | Ilhom Abdulloev (Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation
in Tajikistan and IZA, Bonn) ; Gil S. Epstein (Bar-Ilan University, CReAM,
London and IZA, Bonn) ; Ira N. Gang (Rutgers University, CReAM, London, IOS
Regensburg and IZA, Bonn) |
| Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become
ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants
this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume.
Different types of ethnic goods have vastly different effects on immigrant
assimilation. We develop a simple theoretical model useful for capturing the
consequences of this struggle, illustrating it with examples of Central Asian
assimilation into the Muscovite economy. |
| Keywords: | assimilation, migrants, culture, ethnic goods |
| JEL: | J15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rut:rutres:201519&r=mig |
- Local-Level Immigration and Life Satisfaction: The EU Enlargement
Experience in England and Wales
| Date: | 2015-11 |
| By: | Ivlevs, Artjoms (University of the West of England, Bristol) ;
Veliziotis, Michail (University of the West of England, Bristol) |
| The 2004 European Union enlargement resulted in an unprecedented wave
of 1.5 million workers relocating from Eastern Europe to the UK. We study how
this migrant inflow affected life satisfaction of native residents in England
and Wales. Combining the British Household Panel Survey with the Local
Authority level administrative data from the Worker Registration Scheme, we
find that higher local level immigration increased life satisfaction of young
people and decreased life satisfaction of old people. This finding is driven by
the initial 'migration shock' – inflows that occurred in the first two years
after the enlargement. Looking at different life domains, we also find some
evidence that, irrespective of age, higher local level immigration increased
natives' satisfaction with their dwelling, partner and social life. |
| Keywords: | immigration, life satisfaction, United Kingdom, 2004 EU
enlargement |
| JEL: | F22 J15 I31 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9513&r=mig |
- Colombian Emigration by Administrative Regions
| Date: | 2015-11 |
| By: | Saenz, Mariana (Georgia Southern University) ; Lewer, Joshua
J. (Bradley University) |
| This article contributes to immigration literature by applying a Random
Utility Maximization model to derive a migration gravity model that explains
factors affecting migration outflows per administrative unit and region for the
country of Colombia. Negative binomial cross-sectional estimates indicate that
departments sharing an international border and overall labor market conditions
are significance determinants of migration patterns for the departments, but
non-economic factors such as credit constraints and cultural networks also
affect migration outflows. Estimation of regional migration outflows are also
provided and yield unique findings per geographic location. |
| Keywords: | emigration, Colombia, gravity model, negative binomial
regression |
| JEL: | F22 C25 H11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9514&r=mig |
- Migrants' Remittances: Channelling Globalization
| Date: | 2015-11 |
| By: | Anghel, Remus Gabriel (Romanian Institute for Research on
National Minorities) ; Piracha, Matloob (University of Kent) ; Randazzo, Teresa
(University of Kent) |
| In the past twenty years the ever-growing levels of migrants'
remittances made state agencies, international organizations, scholars and
practitioners to increasingly consider remittances as one of the main engines
to promote globalization and growth in the developing world. By transferring
home large amounts of money, information, ideas and practices, migrants and
migrant organizations are often seen as able to produce significant changes in
countries and localities of origin. Focusing on cases from former socialist
countries and around the world, this paper discusses the main debates
surrounding the effects and uses of migrant remittances. Furthermore, using
different case studies from Europe and Asia, the paper addresses the notion of
social remittances, namely the transfers of ideas, practices and norms between
societies of origin and destination. It highlights the ideas and practices
migrants transfer home, the types of social norms it generates, and the extent
to which migration produces transformations in countries of origin. |
| Keywords: | remittances, social remittances, former socialist
countries |
| JEL: | F22 F24 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9516&r=mig |
- Do Earnings by College Major Affect Graduate Migration?
| Date: | 2015-11 |
| By: | Winters, John V. (Oklahoma State University) |
| College graduates are considerably more mobile than non-graduates, and
previous literature suggests that the difference is at least partially
attributable to college graduates being more responsive to employment
opportunities in other areas. However, there exist considerable differences in
migration rates by college major that have gone largely unexplained. This paper
uses microdata from the American Community Survey to examine how the migration
decisions of young college graduates are affected by earnings in their college
major. Results indicate that higher major-specific earnings in an individual's
state of birth reduce out-migration suggesting that college graduates are
attracted toward areas that especially reward the specific type of human
capital that they possess. |
| Keywords: | graduate migration, college major, college graduates,
human capital |
| JEL: | J24 J61 R23 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9512&r=mig |
- Improving the Regulatory and Support Environment for Migrant Workers for
Greater Productivity, Competitiveness, and Social Welfare in ASEAN
| Date: | 2015-11 |
| By: | Naomi HATSUKANO (Bangkok Research Center, JETRO Bangkok/
IDE-JETRO) |
| Migration between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
member states will increase when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) stimulates
economic development within the region and demand for labour grows. The
majority of migrant workers in ASEAN member states are lower-skilled workers;
however, the free flow of lower-skilled workers is not addressed in the AEC.
The ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant
Workers in 2007 and its Work Plan in 2008 are to promote regional cooperation
to protect the lower-skilled migrant workers. To reduce the waiting time and
cost associated with the unclear and inefficient administration, and to add
more value to regular migration, it is important to promote the use of official
channels. Securing workers’ welfare will also lead to increased productivity. |
| Keywords: | ASEAN, lower-skilled workers, regular migration,
remittances |
| JEL: | J61 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:era:wpaper:dp-2015-76&r=mig |
- Homeownership of Immigrants in France: Selection Effects Related to
International Migration Flows
| Date: | 2015-11 |
| By: | Gobillon, Laurent (Paris School of Economics) ; Solignac,
Matthieu (University of Pennsylvania) |
| We investigate the difference in homeownership rates between natives
and first-generation immigrants in France, and how this difference evolves over
the 1975-1999 period, by using a large longitudinal dataset. We find that the
homeownership gap is large and has increased. Entries into the territory have a
large negative effect on the evolution of homeownership rates for immigrants.
Although entrants have on average better education than people staying in the
territory for the entire period (i.e. stayers), they are younger and thus at an
earlier stage in the wealth accumulation process. They are also located in
large cities, where the homeownership rate is lower, and the returns to their
characteristics are lower than those for stayers. Leavers have a positive
effect on the evolution of homeownership rates for immigrants because they have
a low access to homeownership and they exit the country. But this effect is
only one-third that of entrants. For stayers, we show that returns to
characteristics change in favor of immigrants, which is consistent with
assimilation theories. However, among stayers who access homeownership,
immigrants end up in owned dwellings that are of lesser quality than natives. |
| Keywords: | homeownership, immigrants, longitudinal data |
| JEL: | J15 R21 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9517&r=mig |
- Diaspora, Development and Morocco
| Date: | 2015-11 |
| By: | Uri Dadush |
| The contribution that the diaspora makes to development in the country
of origin is examined. Drawing on a recent World Bank survey of migrants from
the MENA countries, the needs of the diaspora and the development role it can
play through its organizations are reviewed. A constructive interaction with
the diaspora can be greatly enhanced by supportive policies in the country of
origin. The main focus of the paper is on the Middle East and North African
region, and more specifically on Morocco and how it compares with other world
regions where migration plays an important role. The best possible outcome for
the migrants’ countries of origin would be reforms that accelerate growth and
foster job creation. However, even the best designed and most assiduously
implemented reforms will not yield results quickly enough for the young and
burgeoning population. That is why policies that forge stronger links with the
diaspora and facilitate emigration of those that cannot find good jobs at home
can make sense as part of a broader development strategy. Many of today’s high
income countries, such as Ireland, Italy, and Swedenwere once countries of very
high emigration. |
| Keywords: | Diaspora, Morocco, Development, emigration, MENA region,
skilled-migration, remittances, poverty, investment flows, portfolio flows,
advanced countries |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ocp:rpaper:pp-15/18&r=mig |
- Population, Migration, Ageing and Health: A Survey
| Date: | 2015 |
| By: | Christian Dustmann ; Giovanni Facchini ; Cora Signorotto |
| We review the literature on recent demographic changes in Europe,
focusing on two of the main challenges brought about by an ageing population:
severe labor shortages in many sectors of the economy and growing pressures on
both health and welfare systems. We discuss how and to what extent migration
can contribute to address these challenges both from a short and a long term
perspective. Finally, we identify several areas in which more research is
needed to help devising more effective policies to cope with a greying society.
|
| Keywords: | Population, Migration, Ageing |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:not:notgep:15/17&r=mig |
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