The Long-Term Impacts of International Migration : Evidence from a Lottery
This study examines the long-term impacts of international migration by comparing immigrants who had successful ballot entries in a migration lottery program, and first moved almost a decade ago, with people who had unsuccessful entries into those...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25467812/long-term-impacts-international-migration-evidence-lottery http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23459 |
| Summary: | This study examines the long-term
impacts of international migration by comparing immigrants
who had successful ballot entries in a migration lottery
program, and first moved almost a decade ago, with people
who had unsuccessful entries into those same ballots. The
long-term gain in income is found to be similar in magnitude
to the gain in the first year, despite migrants upgrading
their education and changing their locations and
occupations. This results in large, sustained benefits to
the migrants’ immediate family, who have substantially
higher consumption, durable asset ownership, savings, and
dietary diversity. In contrast, the study finds no
measureable impact on extended family. |
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