@techreport{Beine2009Diasporas,
abstract = {Migration flows are shaped by a complex combination of self-selection and out-selection mechanisms. In this paper, we analyze how existing diasporas (the stock of people born in a country and living in an another one) affect the size and human-capital structure of current migration flows. Our analysis exploits a bilateral data set on international migration by educational attainment from 195 countries to 30 OECD countries in 1990 and 2000. Based on simple micro-foundations and controlling for various determinants of migration, we find diasporas increase migration flows, lower their average educational level and lead to higher concentration of low-skill migrants. Interestingly, diasporas explain 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 moderate impact. Our results are highly robust to the econometric techniques, accounting for the large proportion of zeros and endogeneity problems.},
address = {M\"{u}nchen},
author = {Michel Beine and Fr\'{e}d\'{e}ric Docquier and \c{C}a\u{g}lar \"{O}zden},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {F22; O15; 330; Migration; self-selection; network/diaspora externalities; Internationale Wanderung; Migrationstheorie; Ethnische Gruppe; Migranten; Soziales Netzwerk; Welt; OECD-Staaten},
language = {eng},
number = {2607},
publisher = {CESifo},
title = {Diasporas},
type = {CESifo working paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/26652},
year = {2009}
}
