Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization
Most migration surveys do not ask about the legal status of migrants due to concerns about the sensitivity of this question. List randomization is a technique that has been used in a number of other social science applications to elicit sensitive i...
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okr-10986-155572021-04-23T14:03:19Z Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization McKenzie, David Siegel, Melissa ALCOHOL CIVIL CONFLICT CONDOM DEBT DEVELOPMENT POLICY EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION ETHICS HOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ILLEGAL MIGRANTS ILLEGAL MIGRATION IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT POPULATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION IRREGULAR MIGRATION LABOUR MIGRANTS LABOUR MIGRATION LEGAL STATUS LITERACY MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS MICROFINANCE MIGRANT MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS MIGRANT POPULATION MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION CHARACTERISTICS MIGRATION RATES MIGRATION RESEARCH MIGRATION STATUS MUNICIPALITIES POLICY BRIEF POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS PUBLIC OPINION REFUGEE REMITTANCES RESTRICTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICIES SEX SEXUAL RISK SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TELEVISION TEMPORARY MIGRATION UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS WORLD MIGRATION WORLD MIGRATION REPORT Most migration surveys do not ask about the legal status of migrants due to concerns about the sensitivity of this question. List randomization is a technique that has been used in a number of other social science applications to elicit sensitive information. This paper trials this technique by adding it to surveys conducted in Ethiopia, Mexico, Morocco, and the Philippines. It shows how, in principal, this can be used both to give an estimate of the overall rate of illegal migration in the population being surveyed, as well as to determine illegal migration rates for subgroups such as more or less educated households. The results suggest that there is some useful information in this method: higher rates of illegal migration in countries where illegal migration is thought to be more prevalent and households who say they have a migrant are more likely to report having an illegal migrant. Nevertheless, some of the other findings also suggest some possible inconsistencies or noise in the conclusions obtained using this method. The authors suggest directions for future attempts to implement this approach in migration surveys. 2013-09-04T15:19:12Z 2013-09-04T15:19:12Z 2013-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17644585/eliciting-illegal-migration-rates-through-list-randomization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15557 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6426 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa East Asia and Pacific Latin America & Caribbean Middle East and North Africa |
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ALCOHOL CIVIL CONFLICT CONDOM DEBT DEVELOPMENT POLICY EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION ETHICS HOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ILLEGAL MIGRANTS ILLEGAL MIGRATION IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT POPULATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION IRREGULAR MIGRATION LABOUR MIGRANTS LABOUR MIGRATION LEGAL STATUS LITERACY MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS MICROFINANCE MIGRANT MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS MIGRANT POPULATION MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION CHARACTERISTICS MIGRATION RATES MIGRATION RESEARCH MIGRATION STATUS MUNICIPALITIES POLICY BRIEF POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS PUBLIC OPINION REFUGEE REMITTANCES RESTRICTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICIES SEX SEXUAL RISK SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TELEVISION TEMPORARY MIGRATION UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS WORLD MIGRATION WORLD MIGRATION REPORT |
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ALCOHOL CIVIL CONFLICT CONDOM DEBT DEVELOPMENT POLICY EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION ETHICS HOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ILLEGAL MIGRANTS ILLEGAL MIGRATION IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT POPULATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION IRREGULAR MIGRATION LABOUR MIGRANTS LABOUR MIGRATION LEGAL STATUS LITERACY MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS MICROFINANCE MIGRANT MIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS MIGRANT POPULATION MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION CHARACTERISTICS MIGRATION RATES MIGRATION RESEARCH MIGRATION STATUS MUNICIPALITIES POLICY BRIEF POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS PUBLIC OPINION REFUGEE REMITTANCES RESTRICTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICIES SEX SEXUAL RISK SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TELEVISION TEMPORARY MIGRATION UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS WORLD MIGRATION WORLD MIGRATION REPORT McKenzie, David Siegel, Melissa Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization |
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Most migration surveys do not ask about
the legal status of migrants due to concerns about the
sensitivity of this question. List randomization is a
technique that has been used in a number of other social
science applications to elicit sensitive information. This
paper trials this technique by adding it to surveys
conducted in Ethiopia, Mexico, Morocco, and the Philippines.
It shows how, in principal, this can be used both to give an
estimate of the overall rate of illegal migration in the
population being surveyed, as well as to determine illegal
migration rates for subgroups such as more or less educated
households. The results suggest that there is some useful
information in this method: higher rates of illegal
migration in countries where illegal migration is thought to
be more prevalent and households who say they have a migrant
are more likely to report having an illegal migrant.
Nevertheless, some of the other findings also suggest some
possible inconsistencies or noise in the conclusions
obtained using this method. The authors suggest directions
for future attempts to implement this approach in migration surveys. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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McKenzie, David Siegel, Melissa |
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McKenzie, David Siegel, Melissa |
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McKenzie, David |
| title |
Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization |
| title_short |
Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization |
| title_full |
Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization |
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Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization |
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Eliciting Illegal Migration Rates through List Randomization |
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eliciting illegal migration rates through list randomization |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17644585/eliciting-illegal-migration-rates-through-list-randomization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15557 |
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