Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies
The decision of whether or not to migrate has far-reaching consequences for the lives of individuals and their families. But the very nature of this choice makes identifying the impacts of migration difficult, since it is hard to measure a credible...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100803141256 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3879 |
| Summary: | The decision of whether or not to
migrate has far-reaching consequences for the lives of
individuals and their families. But the very nature of this
choice makes identifying the impacts of migration difficult,
since it is hard to measure a credible counterfactual of
what the person and their household would have been doing
had migration not occurred. Migration experiments provide a
clear and credible way for identifying this counterfactual,
and thereby allowing causal estimation of the impacts of
migration. The authors provide an overview and critical
review of the three strands of this approach: policy
experiments, natural experiments, and researcher-led field
experiments. The purpose is to introduce readers to the need
for this approach, give examples of where it has been
applied in practice, and draw out lessons for future work in
this area. |
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