The Long-term Impacts of International Migration : Evidence from a Lottery

We examine 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 sim...

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Main Authors:	Gibson, John, McKenzie, David, Rohorua, Halahingano, Stillman, Steven
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET REMITTANCES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE NATURAL EXPERIMENT ASSIMILATION HOUSEHOLD WELLBEING
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32168

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spelling	okr-10986-321682021-05-25T10:54:42Z The Long-term Impacts of International Migration : Evidence from a Lottery Gibson, John McKenzie, David Rohorua, Halahingano Stillman, Steven MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET REMITTANCES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE NATURAL EXPERIMENT ASSIMILATION HOUSEHOLD WELLBEING We examine 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 their immediate family who have substantially higher consumption, durable asset ownership, savings, and dietary diversity. In contrast we find no measurable impact on extended family. 2019-08-05T18:38:44Z 2019-08-05T18:38:44Z 2018-02-01 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32168 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific New Zealand Tonga
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topic	MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET REMITTANCES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE NATURAL EXPERIMENT ASSIMILATION HOUSEHOLD WELLBEING
spellingShingle	MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET REMITTANCES HOUSEHOLD WELFARE NATURAL EXPERIMENT ASSIMILATION HOUSEHOLD WELLBEING Gibson, John McKenzie, David Rohorua, Halahingano Stillman, Steven The Long-term Impacts of International Migration : Evidence from a Lottery
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description	We examine 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 their immediate family who have substantially higher consumption, durable asset ownership, savings, and dietary diversity. In contrast we find no measurable impact on extended family.
format	Journal Article
author	Gibson, John McKenzie, David Rohorua, Halahingano Stillman, Steven
author_facet	Gibson, John McKenzie, David Rohorua, Halahingano Stillman, Steven
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title	The Long-term Impacts of International Migration : Evidence from a Lottery
title_short	The Long-term Impacts of International Migration : Evidence from a Lottery
title_full	The Long-term Impacts of International Migration : Evidence from a Lottery
title_fullStr	The Long-term Impacts of International Migration : Evidence from a Lottery
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publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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The Long-term Impacts of International Migration : Evidence from a Lottery

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