How Does the Internet Affect Migration Decisions?
This article provides new evidence on the impact of the internet on migration decisions. I find that an increase in internet adoption among migrant-sending countries reduces the stock of migrants from these locations. The results are robust to a number of specifications, including an instrumental va...
Main Author: | Winkler, Hernan |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Taylor and Francis
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27672 |
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