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| nep-mig | New Economics Papers |
| on Economics of Human Migration |
| Issue of 2021‒12‒06
eight papers chosen by
Yuji Tamura
La Trobe University
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- Does Being "Left–Behind" in Childhood Lead To Criminalityin Adulthood?
Evidence from Data on Rural-Urban Migrants and Prison Inmates inChina
ByCameron, Lisa A.;Meng,Xin;Zhang,Dandan
- The Long-Term Effects of Forced Migration: An Early-LifeApproach with
Evidence from Yugoslavian Refugees in Sweden BySerratos-Sotelo, Luis
- Skill Downgrading Among Refugees and Economic Immigrants inGermany:
Evidence from the Syrian Refugee Crisis
ByPlamenNikolov;LeilaSalarpour;DavidTitus
- The Role of Out-group Network in the Choice of MigrationDestination:
Evidence from Turkey ByFiliz Künüroğlu;AliSina Önder
- Migration, housing and regional disparities: A gravity modelof
inter-regional migration with an application to selected OECD countriesByMaria
Chiara Cavalleri;NhungLuu;OrsettaCausa
- Foreign Labor Migration Control in Russian Regions usingMulticultural
Barometer (The Case of the Republic of Karelia, Russia) ByPitukhina,
Maria;Pitukhin, Eugene;Radikov,Ivan;Tolstoguzov, Oleg;Kulakova, Lyubov
- How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Household Migration in NewEngland
ByNicholas Chiumenti
- A Pacific Skills Visa: Improving Opportunities for SkilledMigration
throughout the Pacific Region ByChand,Satish;Clemens, Michael A.;Dempster, Helen
- Does Being"Left–Behind" in Childhood Lead To Criminality in Adulthood?
Evidence fromData on Rural-Urban Migrants and Prison Inmates in China
| By: | Cameron, Lisa A. (University of Melbourne);Meng,
Xin(Australian National University);Zhang,Dandan (Peking University) |
| Abstract: | Large scale rural-to-urban migration and China's
household registrationsystemhave resulted in about 61 million children being
left-behind in rural villageswhen their parents migrate to the cities. This
paper uses survey andexperimental data from male rural-urban migrants – prison
inmates andcomparable non-inmates – to examine whether parental absence in
childhood as aresult of migration is associated with increased criminality in
adulthood.Control functions and sibling fixed effects are used to identify
causalimpacts. Parental absence due to migration is found to increase the
propensityof adult males to commit crimes. Being left-behind decreases
educationalattainment and increases risk-loving behavior, both of which
increasecriminality. |
| Keywords: | migration, crime, China |
| JEL: | O12 O15J12 |
| Date: | 2021–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp14774&r=&r=mig ;|
- The Long-Term Effectsof Forced Migration: An Early-Life Approach with
Evidence from YugoslavianRefugees in Sweden
| By: | Serratos-Sotelo, Luis (Department of Economic History,
LundUniversity) |
| Abstract: | This paper analyzes the effect of being exposed to forced
migration duringchildhood (ages 0-5) on educational achievement at age 15
(grade 9). Usingregister data from the Swedish Interdisciplinary Panel, I
identify childrenwho migrated to Sweden as a consequence of the rising conflict
during thedisintegration of the former Yugoslavia, and follow them until age
15, whenthey received their grades at the end of the 9 years of compulsory
educationin Sweden. The results show that those who experienced forced
migrationperformed worse in school, as measured by Math and Swedish grades and
MeritRating scores, with forced migrants achieving grades that were on average
5(Merit Rating), 7 (Swedish), and 22 (Math) percentage points of a
standarddeviation lower than those of native Swedes. Forced migrants
outperformedSwedes only in English, obtaining grades that were on average 12
percentagepoints of a standard deviation higher than did their
native-borncounterparts. |
| Keywords: | forced migration; refugees; education; early-life;
Sweden |
| JEL: | I24 J13J15 N34 |
| Date: | 2021–10–13 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:luekhi:0228&r=&r=mig ;|
- Skill DowngradingAmong Refugees and Economic Immigrants in Germany:
Evidence from the SyrianRefugee Crisis
| By: | PlamenNikolov;LeilaSalarpour;DavidTitus |
| Abstract: | Upon arrival to a new country, many immigrants face job
downgrading, aphenomenon describing workers being in jobs below the ones they
have based onthe skills they possess. Moreover, in the presence of downgrading
immigrantsreceiving lower wage returns to the same skills compared to natives.
The levelof downgrading could depend on the immigrant type and numerous other
factors.This study examines the determinants of skill downgrading among two
types ofimmigrants - refugees and economic immigrants - in the German labor
marketsbetween 1984 and 2018. We find that refugees downgrade more than
economicimmigrants, and this discrepancy between the two groups persists over
time. Weshow that language skill improvements exert a strong influence on
subsequentlabor market outcomes of both groups. |
| Date: | 2021–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2111.00319&r=&r=mig ;|
- The Role ofOut-group Network in the Choice of Migration Destination:
Evidence fromTurkey
| By: | Filiz Künüroğlu (Izmir Katip Çelebi University);AliSina Önder
(University of Portsmouth) |
| Abstract: | We analyse the association between cultural contact and
internationalmigration decision drawing on the inter-group contact hypothesis.
Using dataon Turkish migrant stock in 22 countries and immigration from these
countriesto Turkey between 2000 and 2015, we find strong association between
the sizeof the Turkish community and migration flow of host country nationals
toTurkey. Our results are robust to country-specific and year-specific
effectsas well as to exclusion of different channels of cultural contact.
Ourresearch brings a new perspective to the importance of networks in
migrationdestination as most research focuses on the presence of in-group
nationalcommunity in the target country. Our findings contribute to the
improvement ofextant theories of international migration providing insight in
the role ofcultural contact with the out-group in the choice of
migrationdestination. |
| Keywords: | International migration; network migration, contact
hypothesis |
| Date: | 2021–11–25 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pbs:ecofin:2021-08&r=&r=mig ;|
- Migration, housingand regional disparities: A gravity model of
inter-regional migration with anapplication to selected OECD countries
| By: | Maria Chiara Cavalleri;NhungLuu;OrsettaCausa |
| Abstract: | Inter-regional migration – the movements of the
population from one regiontoanother within the same country – can be an
important mechanism of spatialeconomic adjustment, affecting regional
demographic and growth patterns. Thispaper examines the economic and
housing-related factors that affect thedecision of people to migrate to another
region within the same country,drawing empirical evidence from country-specific
gravity models ofinter-regional migration for 14 OECD countries. The results
suggest thatinter-regional migrants move in search of higher income and better
employmentopportunities, but are discouraged by high housing costs. In
particular, houseprices are found to be an important barrier to migration,
especially incountries having experienced strong increases in the level and
cross-regionaldispersion of house prices. There is however large heterogeneity
acrosscountries in terms of what factors matter the most and in terms of
themagnitude of the migration response. |
| Keywords: | house prices, housing, inter-regional migration,
internal migration, locallabour markets, regional disparities, regional
mobility |
| JEL: | R12 R23R31 J61 |
| Date: | 2021–12–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1691-en&r=&r=mig ;|
- Foreign LaborMigration Control in Russian Regions using Multicultural
Barometer (The Case ofthe Republic of Karelia, Russia)
| By: | Pitukhina, Maria;Pitukhin, Eugene;Radikov,Ivan;Tolstoguzov,
Oleg;Kulakova, Lyubov |
| Abstract: | The article deals with foreign labor migration flows
control as well asmigration monitoring which are important for the Russian
Federation regions’economy development. A new migration monitoring toolkit is
proposed by theauthors - Multicultural Barometer. It allows to quantify
migration indicatorsin a region from 4 various angles: labor market; national
identity; migrants’adaptation; migrants’ integration. The research data is
coming from opensources (Federal Migration Service of the Republic of Karelia,
Ministry ofLabor and Employment of the Republic of Karelia, data obtained from
Centersfor Interethnic Cooperation in Karelian municipalities); both migrants’
pilotsurvey and host community survey organized in 18 municipalities of
theRepublic of Karelia. The study conducted in Karelia seems to be important in
acontext of its geographical location (on a border with Finland)
highlightingboth successful practices and developing new tools for migration
monitoringaimed at scientifically based solutions for migration control.
Multiculturalbarometer as a tool was recommended by the Federal Agency on
Ethnic Issues ofRussia (FADN) and Strategic Initiatives Agency in 2017 as best
regionalpractice for further implementation all over the Russian Federation. |
| Keywords: | foreign labour migration; migration flows control;
Multicultural barometer;migrants’ integration; migrants’ adaptation |
| JEL: | J15J61 |
| Date: | 2020–01–07 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:110318&r=&r=mig ;|
- How the COVID-19Pandemic Changed Household Migration in New England
| By: | Nicholas Chiumenti |
| Abstract: | The COVID-19 pandemic and the policies implemented to
limit the spread ofthevirus brought about changes to domestic migration
patterns in New England.Overall, the region lost about 50,000 fewer households
to permanentout-migration in 2020 compared with 2019, as measured by United
States PostalService change-of-address requests. Every New England state
exceptMassachusetts either lost fewer households or gained households for the
firsttime since at least 2017. However, counties that added households
generallysaw an increase of less than 1 percent. The characteristics of a
communitymattered as to whether it gained or lost households. Communities with
morethan 1,000 people per square mile lost an average of 3 percent of
householdsin 2020, while those with fewer than 1,000 people gained an average
of 2percent. The size of the college-student population in an area did not have
alarge effect on net migration, despite the move to online schooling for muchof
2020. However, the share of seasonal housing in a community did. The numberof
households in areas with 25 percent to 50 percent seasonal housing stockgrew by
almost 2 percent through permanent net migration. Temporary netmigration also
led to positive net migration overall in much of New England in2020, indicating
that many of the new residents may not remain in theircommunities for the long
term. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19 |
| Date: | 2021–11–30 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fip:fedbrb:93411&r=&r=mig ;|
- A Pacific Skills Visa:Improving Opportunities for Skilled Migration
throughout the PacificRegion
| By: | Chand,Satish (University of New South Wales);Clemens, Michael
A. (Center for Global Development);Dempster, Helen (Center for Global
Development) |
| Abstract: | The demand for skills exceeds supply, both within the
Pacific Islands andthehigh-income countries of the Pacific Rim. Enhancing
skilled migrationtherefore has the potential to generate large economic gains.
The Global SkillPartnership is a migration model that can support such mutually
beneficialmobility by moving training into the country of origin. In this
paper, weoutline its regional application to the Pacific. To assess the
potentialeconomic gains from such a Pacific Skills Partnership, we present new
data onearnings and the cost of training in the Pacific Islands for
threequalifications— accountants, computer science graduates, and
chefs—andexplorehow such training could be financed through loan schemes.
Graduates could beprovided with internationally accredited qualifications and a
new PacificSkills Visa, facilitating their access to work opportunities
abroad,particularly in the regions' high-income countries. This Pacific
SkillsPartnership could bring large economic benefits to countries of
origin,destination, and the migrants themselves. |
| Keywords: | immigration, labor, low-skill, visa, mobility, Pacific
Islands, Papua NewGuinea, seasonal, temporary |
| JEL: | F22 J11J24 |
| Date: | 2021–11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izapps:pp183&r=&r=mig ;|
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