Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines

Significant income gains from migrating from poorer to richer countries have motivated unilateral (source-country) policies facilitating labor emigration. However, their effectiveness is unknown. The authors conducted a large-scale randomized exper...

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Main Authors:	Beam, Emily, McKenzie, David, Yang, Dean
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS ASSET OWNERSHIP ATTRITION BANK BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BIASES CASH REMITTANCES CITIZENS COOPERATION CREDIT CREDIT MARKET DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTS EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION EMPLOYER EMPLOYERS ENROLLMENT EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXTENDED FAMILY FACILITATION FAMILIES FAMILY OBLIGATIONS FEE FEES FINANCE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCING GENDER GOVERNMENT POLICY HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENTS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN MIGRATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCENTIVES INEQUALITY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION SYSTEM INNOVATIONS INTEREST INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INVESTMENT JOB JOB FAIRS JOB OFFER JOB OFFERS JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB SEARCH JOBS KNOWLEDGE LABOR LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MIGRANTS LABOR MIGRATION LABOUR LEGAL BARRIERS LENDER LOAN LOANS MANAGEMENT MANPOWER MICRO-FINANCE MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MIGRANT MIGRANT LABOR MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MINIMUM WAGES MINORITY OCCUPATION ORGANIZATIONS OUTCOMES PAYMENTS PEOPLE POLICIES POLICY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION POSTERS POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PREVIOUS RESULTS PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC POLICY REAL WAGES RECEIPT REMITTANCES RICHER COUNTRIES RISK RISKS RURAL AREAS SAVINGS SEARCH COSTS SEASONAL WORKERS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSIDY SUPPLY TEMPORARY MIGRATION TEMPORARY WORKER THEORY TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VALUE VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE RATES WOMEN WORK EXPERIENCE WORKERS
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spelling	okr-10986-169252021-04-23T14:03:33Z Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines Beam, Emily McKenzie, David Yang, Dean ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS ASSET OWNERSHIP ATTRITION BANK BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BIASES CASH REMITTANCES CITIZENS COOPERATION CREDIT CREDIT MARKET DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTS EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION EMPLOYER EMPLOYERS ENROLLMENT EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXTENDED FAMILY FACILITATION FAMILIES FAMILY OBLIGATIONS FEE FEES FINANCE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCING GENDER GOVERNMENT POLICY HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENTS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN MIGRATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCENTIVES INEQUALITY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION SYSTEM INNOVATIONS INTEREST INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INVESTMENT JOB JOB FAIRS JOB OFFER JOB OFFERS JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB SEARCH JOBS KNOWLEDGE LABOR LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MIGRANTS LABOR MIGRATION LABOUR LEGAL BARRIERS LENDER LOAN LOANS MANAGEMENT MANPOWER MICRO-FINANCE MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MIGRANT MIGRANT LABOR MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MINIMUM WAGES MINORITY OCCUPATION ORGANIZATIONS OUTCOMES PAYMENTS PEOPLE POLICIES POLICY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION POSTERS POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PREVIOUS RESULTS PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC POLICY REAL WAGES RECEIPT REMITTANCES RICHER COUNTRIES RISK RISKS RURAL AREAS SAVINGS SEARCH COSTS SEASONAL WORKERS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSIDY SUPPLY TEMPORARY MIGRATION TEMPORARY WORKER THEORY TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VALUE VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE RATES WOMEN WORK EXPERIENCE WORKERS Significant income gains from migrating from poorer to richer countries have motivated unilateral (source-country) policies facilitating labor emigration. However, their effectiveness is unknown. The authors conducted a large-scale randomized experiment in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. The most intensive treatment doubled the rate of job offers but had no identifiable effect on international labor migration. Even the highest overseas job-search rate that was induced (22 percent) falls far short of the share initially expressing interest in migrating (34 percent). The paper concludes that unilateral migration facilitation will at most induce a trickle, not a flood, of additional emigration. 2014-02-05T15:31:29Z 2014-02-05T15:31:29Z 2013-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18479589/unilateral-facilitation-not-raise-international-labor-migration-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16925 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6689 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 East Asia and Pacific Philippines
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topic	ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS ASSET OWNERSHIP ATTRITION BANK BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BIASES CASH REMITTANCES CITIZENS COOPERATION CREDIT CREDIT MARKET DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTS EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION EMPLOYER EMPLOYERS ENROLLMENT EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXTENDED FAMILY FACILITATION FAMILIES FAMILY OBLIGATIONS FEE FEES FINANCE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCING GENDER GOVERNMENT POLICY HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENTS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN MIGRATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCENTIVES INEQUALITY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION SYSTEM INNOVATIONS INTEREST INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INVESTMENT JOB JOB FAIRS JOB OFFER JOB OFFERS JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB SEARCH JOBS KNOWLEDGE LABOR LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MIGRANTS LABOR MIGRATION LABOUR LEGAL BARRIERS LENDER LOAN LOANS MANAGEMENT MANPOWER MICRO-FINANCE MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MIGRANT MIGRANT LABOR MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MINIMUM WAGES MINORITY OCCUPATION ORGANIZATIONS OUTCOMES PAYMENTS PEOPLE POLICIES POLICY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION POSTERS POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PREVIOUS RESULTS PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC POLICY REAL WAGES RECEIPT REMITTANCES RICHER COUNTRIES RISK RISKS RURAL AREAS SAVINGS SEARCH COSTS SEASONAL WORKERS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSIDY SUPPLY TEMPORARY MIGRATION TEMPORARY WORKER THEORY TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VALUE VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE RATES WOMEN WORK EXPERIENCE WORKERS
spellingShingle	ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS ASSET OWNERSHIP ATTRITION BANK BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES BENEFITS OF MIGRATION BIASES CASH REMITTANCES CITIZENS COOPERATION CREDIT CREDIT MARKET DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTS EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION EMPLOYER EMPLOYERS ENROLLMENT EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXTENDED FAMILY FACILITATION FAMILIES FAMILY OBLIGATIONS FEE FEES FINANCE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCING GENDER GOVERNMENT POLICY HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENTS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN MIGRATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCENTIVES INEQUALITY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMATION SYSTEM INNOVATIONS INTEREST INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INVESTMENT JOB JOB FAIRS JOB OFFER JOB OFFERS JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB SEARCH JOBS KNOWLEDGE LABOR LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MIGRANTS LABOR MIGRATION LABOUR LEGAL BARRIERS LENDER LOAN LOANS MANAGEMENT MANPOWER MICRO-FINANCE MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MIGRANT MIGRANT LABOR MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRANT WORKER MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MINIMUM WAGES MINORITY OCCUPATION ORGANIZATIONS OUTCOMES PAYMENTS PEOPLE POLICIES POLICY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION POSTERS POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PREVIOUS RESULTS PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC POLICY REAL WAGES RECEIPT REMITTANCES RICHER COUNTRIES RISK RISKS RURAL AREAS SAVINGS SEARCH COSTS SEASONAL WORKERS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSIDY SUPPLY TEMPORARY MIGRATION TEMPORARY WORKER THEORY TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VALUE VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE RATES WOMEN WORK EXPERIENCE WORKERS Beam, Emily McKenzie, David Yang, Dean Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Philippines
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6689
description	Significant income gains from migrating from poorer to richer countries have motivated unilateral (source-country) policies facilitating labor emigration. However, their effectiveness is unknown. The authors conducted a large-scale randomized experiment in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. The most intensive treatment doubled the rate of job offers but had no identifiable effect on international labor migration. Even the highest overseas job-search rate that was induced (22 percent) falls far short of the share initially expressing interest in migrating (34 percent). The paper concludes that unilateral migration facilitation will at most induce a trickle, not a flood, of additional emigration.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Beam, Emily McKenzie, David Yang, Dean
author_facet	Beam, Emily McKenzie, David Yang, Dean
author_sort	Beam, Emily
title	Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
title_short	Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
title_full	Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
title_fullStr	Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed	Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
title_sort	unilateral facilitation does not raise international labor migration from the philippines
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18479589/unilateral-facilitation-not-raise-international-labor-migration-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16925
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Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines

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