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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Beine, Michel | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Docquier, Frédéric | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Özden, Çağlar | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-04-21 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-07-28T08:49:26Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2009-07-28T08:49:26Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2009 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/26652 | | - |
| dc.description.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. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | CESifo München | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | CESifo working paper 2607 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | F22 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | O15 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Migration | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | self-selection | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | network/diaspora externalities | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Internationale Wanderung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Migrationstheorie | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Ethnische Gruppe | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Migranten | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Soziales Netzwerk | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Welt | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | OECD-Staaten | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Diasporas | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 597855889 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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