Moving Up the Ladder? The Impact of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Albania
The contribution of return migrants to economic development in source countries can be significant. Overseas savings of returnees may lead to improvements in household welfare and provide liquidity for investments in the face of credit market failu...
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ACCOUNTING AGE CATEGORY AGE GROUP ASSET POSITION ASSET POSITIONS AVERAGE WAGE BANK POLICY BASIC NEEDS BLUE COLLAR OCCUPATIONS BRAIN DRAIN BULLETIN CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CHECKS CHILD HEALTH CLERKS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF DESTINATION COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT MARKET CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIASPORA DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES EARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT HISTORIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILY REUNIFICATION FARMS FINANCIAL CAPITAL FORMAL EDUCATION GLOBALIZATION HOME COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPACT OF MIGRATION INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INVESTING JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB TENURE JOB TRAINING JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATORS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS MARKET FAILURES MARKET RETURNS MICRO-ENTERPRISES MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MINORITY OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OCCUPATIONS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PERMANENT MIGRATION PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY BRIEF POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINCIPAL SOURCE PROBIT REGRESSION PROBIT REGRESSIONS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS PROGRESS REMIGRATION REMITTANCES RESPECT RETURN RETURN MIGRATION RETURNEES SHARE OF INVESTMENTS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL STATUS SPILLOVER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY MIGRATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION ECONOMIES TV UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAP WAGE PREMIUM WORK EXPERIENCE |
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ACCOUNTING AGE CATEGORY AGE GROUP ASSET POSITION ASSET POSITIONS AVERAGE WAGE BANK POLICY BASIC NEEDS BLUE COLLAR OCCUPATIONS BRAIN DRAIN BULLETIN CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CHECKS CHILD HEALTH CLERKS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF DESTINATION COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT MARKET CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIASPORA DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES EARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT HISTORIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILY REUNIFICATION FARMS FINANCIAL CAPITAL FORMAL EDUCATION GLOBALIZATION HOME COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPACT OF MIGRATION INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INVESTING JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB TENURE JOB TRAINING JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATORS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS MARKET FAILURES MARKET RETURNS MICRO-ENTERPRISES MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MINORITY OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OCCUPATIONS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PERMANENT MIGRATION PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY BRIEF POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINCIPAL SOURCE PROBIT REGRESSION PROBIT REGRESSIONS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS PROGRESS REMIGRATION REMITTANCES RESPECT RETURN RETURN MIGRATION RETURNEES SHARE OF INVESTMENTS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL STATUS SPILLOVER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY MIGRATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION ECONOMIES TV UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAP WAGE PREMIUM WORK EXPERIENCE Carletto, Calogero Kilic, Talip Moving Up the Ladder? The Impact of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Albania |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4908 |
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The contribution of return migrants to
economic development in source countries can be significant.
Overseas savings of returnees may lead to improvements in
household welfare and provide liquidity for investments in
the face of credit market failures. Labor market experience
and skills acquired abroad may also lead migrants to find
occupations higher in the skill and remuneration spectrum
upon return. This study uses the 2005 Albanian Living
Standards Measurement Study Survey and estimates the impact
of international migration experience on the occupational
mobility of return migrants vis a vis working-age Albanian
residents that never migrated. Controlling for the
non-random nature of international migration and return, the
results show that past migration experience increases the
likelihood of upward occupational mobility. Exploring the
heterogeneity of impact by host country indicates that the
positive effect of past migration experience on upward
occupational mobility is driven by past migration experience
in Italy and countries further a field, while past migration
experience in Greece does not exert any significant impact
on mobility outcomes. The results, which are consistent
across different sample specifications and outcome variables
measuring occupational mobility, hint at the link between
migration and human/financial capital formation among
migrants and foster optimism concerning the positive effect
of return migration on economic development. This insight is
particularly important since remittances from permanent
migrants, which have fueled the impressive growth
performance of the country in the recent era, may taper off
in the medium to long term with the decline in out-migration
and growing global economic woes. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Carletto, Calogero Kilic, Talip |
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Carletto, Calogero Kilic, Talip |
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Carletto, Calogero |
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Moving Up the Ladder? The Impact of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Albania |
| title_short |
Moving Up the Ladder? The Impact of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Albania |
| title_full |
Moving Up the Ladder? The Impact of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Albania |
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Moving Up the Ladder? The Impact of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Albania |
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Moving Up the Ladder? The Impact of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Albania |
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moving up the ladder? the impact of migration experience on occupational mobility in albania |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-41022021-04-23T14:02:15Z Moving Up the Ladder? The Impact of Migration Experience on Occupational Mobility in Albania Carletto, Calogero Kilic, Talip ACCOUNTING AGE CATEGORY AGE GROUP ASSET POSITION ASSET POSITIONS AVERAGE WAGE BANK POLICY BASIC NEEDS BLUE COLLAR OCCUPATIONS BRAIN DRAIN BULLETIN CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CHECKS CHILD HEALTH CLERKS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF DESTINATION COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT MARKET CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIASPORA DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES EARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT HISTORIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILY REUNIFICATION FARMS FINANCIAL CAPITAL FORMAL EDUCATION GLOBALIZATION HOME COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPACT OF MIGRATION INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INVESTING JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB TENURE JOB TRAINING JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATORS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS MARKET FAILURES MARKET RETURNS MICRO-ENTERPRISES MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATIONS MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION POLICY MIGRATION PROCESS MINORITY OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OCCUPATIONS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PERMANENT MIGRATION PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY BRIEF POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINCIPAL SOURCE PROBIT REGRESSION PROBIT REGRESSIONS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS PROGRESS REMIGRATION REMITTANCES RESPECT RETURN RETURN MIGRATION RETURNEES SHARE OF INVESTMENTS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL STATUS SPILLOVER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY MIGRATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION ECONOMIES TV UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAP WAGE PREMIUM WORK EXPERIENCE The contribution of return migrants to economic development in source countries can be significant. Overseas savings of returnees may lead to improvements in household welfare and provide liquidity for investments in the face of credit market failures. Labor market experience and skills acquired abroad may also lead migrants to find occupations higher in the skill and remuneration spectrum upon return. This study uses the 2005 Albanian Living Standards Measurement Study Survey and estimates the impact of international migration experience on the occupational mobility of return migrants vis a vis working-age Albanian residents that never migrated. Controlling for the non-random nature of international migration and return, the results show that past migration experience increases the likelihood of upward occupational mobility. Exploring the heterogeneity of impact by host country indicates that the positive effect of past migration experience on upward occupational mobility is driven by past migration experience in Italy and countries further a field, while past migration experience in Greece does not exert any significant impact on mobility outcomes. The results, which are consistent across different sample specifications and outcome variables measuring occupational mobility, hint at the link between migration and human/financial capital formation among migrants and foster optimism concerning the positive effect of return migration on economic development. This insight is particularly important since remittances from permanent migrants, which have fueled the impressive growth performance of the country in the recent era, may taper off in the medium to long term with the decline in out-migration and growing global economic woes. 2012-03-19T19:10:02Z 2012-03-19T19:10:02Z 2009-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090424091935 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4102 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4908 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Europe and Central Asia Europe Eastern Europe Albania |