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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okr-10986-38792021-04-23T14:02:13Z Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies McKenzie, David Yang, Dean ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANKS BIASES BORROWING BRAIN DRAIN CHILD LABOR CITIES CITIZENSHIP CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COSTS OF TRAVEL COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CURRENCY DEMAND FOR SAVINGS DEPENDENT CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DUMMY VARIABLE EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATION LEVEL EFFECT OF REMITTANCES EMIGRANT EARNINGS EMIGRATION ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES ETHNICITY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION EXPENDITURES EXTENDED FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SUPPORT FAMILY TIES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS FIXED COSTS FOOD SHORTAGES FORMAL SAVINGS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY HOME COUNTRIES HOME COUNTRY HOST COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLDS ID IFS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT OF REMITTANCES IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME SHOCKS INCREASE IN REMITTANCES INEQUALITY INFORMAL INSURANCE INSTRUMENT INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNAL MIGRATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB-SEEKERS LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF INFORMATION LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS LOAN PRODUCTS MENTAL HEALTH MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MIGRANT MIGRANT NETWORKS MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRANT SAVINGS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DECISION MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION POLICIES MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MONETARY FUND NATURAL DISASTER NEGATIVE SHOCKS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OVERSEAS MIGRANTS PARTNER BANK POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS PROGRESS PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL ESTATE RECEIPTS RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS REFUGEE REFUGEES RELIGION REMITTANCE REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE INFLOWS REMITTANCE RECEIPTS REMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURN RETURN MIGRATION RETURNS ROLE OF REMITTANCES SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAVINGS FACILITIES SELF-EMPLOYMENT SEND REMITTANCES SEX SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL LOAN SPOUSE TAX TRANSACTIONS COSTS UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS USE OF REMITTANCES VILLAGE VILLAGES WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WORK EXPERIENCE 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. 2012-03-19T18:41:27Z 2012-03-19T18:41:27Z 2010-08-01 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 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5395 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANKS BIASES BORROWING BRAIN DRAIN CHILD LABOR CITIES CITIZENSHIP CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COSTS OF TRAVEL COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CURRENCY DEMAND FOR SAVINGS DEPENDENT CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DUMMY VARIABLE EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATION LEVEL EFFECT OF REMITTANCES EMIGRANT EARNINGS EMIGRATION ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES ETHNICITY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION EXPENDITURES EXTENDED FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SUPPORT FAMILY TIES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS FIXED COSTS FOOD SHORTAGES FORMAL SAVINGS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY HOME COUNTRIES HOME COUNTRY HOST COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLDS ID IFS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT OF REMITTANCES IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME SHOCKS INCREASE IN REMITTANCES INEQUALITY INFORMAL INSURANCE INSTRUMENT INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNAL MIGRATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB-SEEKERS LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF INFORMATION LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS LOAN PRODUCTS MENTAL HEALTH MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MIGRANT MIGRANT NETWORKS MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRANT SAVINGS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DECISION MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION POLICIES MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MONETARY FUND NATURAL DISASTER NEGATIVE SHOCKS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OVERSEAS MIGRANTS PARTNER BANK POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS PROGRESS PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL ESTATE RECEIPTS RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS REFUGEE REFUGEES RELIGION REMITTANCE REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE INFLOWS REMITTANCE RECEIPTS REMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURN RETURN MIGRATION RETURNS ROLE OF REMITTANCES SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAVINGS FACILITIES SELF-EMPLOYMENT SEND REMITTANCES SEX SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL LOAN SPOUSE TAX TRANSACTIONS COSTS UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS USE OF REMITTANCES VILLAGE VILLAGES WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WORK EXPERIENCE |
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ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANKS BIASES BORROWING BRAIN DRAIN CHILD LABOR CITIES CITIZENSHIP CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COSTS OF TRAVEL COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CURRENCY DEMAND FOR SAVINGS DEPENDENT CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DUMMY VARIABLE EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATION LEVEL EFFECT OF REMITTANCES EMIGRANT EARNINGS EMIGRATION ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES ETHNICITY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION EXPENDITURES EXTENDED FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SUPPORT FAMILY TIES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS FIXED COSTS FOOD SHORTAGES FORMAL SAVINGS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT POLICY HOME COUNTRIES HOME COUNTRY HOST COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLDS ID IFS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT OF REMITTANCES IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME SHOCKS INCREASE IN REMITTANCES INEQUALITY INFORMAL INSURANCE INSTRUMENT INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNAL MIGRATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB-SEEKERS LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF INFORMATION LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS LOAN PRODUCTS MENTAL HEALTH MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MIGRANT MIGRANT NETWORKS MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT REMITTANCES MIGRANT SAVINGS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DECISION MIGRATION FLOWS MIGRATION POLICIES MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MONETARY FUND NATURAL DISASTER NEGATIVE SHOCKS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OVERSEAS MIGRANTS PARTNER BANK POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS PROGRESS PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL ESTATE RECEIPTS RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS REFUGEE REFUGEES RELIGION REMITTANCE REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE INFLOWS REMITTANCE RECEIPTS REMITTANCE-RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURN RETURN MIGRATION RETURNS ROLE OF REMITTANCES SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAVINGS FACILITIES SELF-EMPLOYMENT SEND REMITTANCES SEX SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL LOAN SPOUSE TAX TRANSACTIONS COSTS UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS USE OF REMITTANCES VILLAGE VILLAGES WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WORK EXPERIENCE McKenzie, David Yang, Dean Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies |
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The World Region The World Region |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5395 |
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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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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
McKenzie, David Yang, Dean |
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McKenzie, David Yang, Dean |
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McKenzie, David |
| title |
Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies |
| title_short |
Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies |
| title_full |
Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies |
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Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies |
| title_sort |
experimental approaches in migration studies |
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2012 |
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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 |
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