The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program
The impacts of international migration on development in the sending countries, and especially the effects on remaining household members, are increasingly studied. However, comparisons of households in developing countries with and without migrant...
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ACCESS TO BANK ACCOUNTS ACCESS TO BANKING ACCESS TO BANKING SERVICES ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES ADULT LITERACY AGED AGRICULTURAL INCOME ALCOHOL ALCOHOLIC ASSET ACCUMULATION ASSET OWNERSHIP ATM CARD ATM CARDS BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BASIC EDUCATION BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE BIASES BRAIN DRAIN BULLETIN BUSINESS CAPITAL BUSINESS OWNER BUSINESS OWNERSHIP CHILD HEALTH CITIZENS COMMUNITIES CULTURAL CHANGE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEPENDENT CHILDREN DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DIABETES DIET DIETS DROPOUT DWELLING EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RESOURCES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMIGRATION LEVELS EMPLOYERS ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES ETHNIC GROUPS EXCHANGE RATE EXCLUSION EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY REUNIFICATION FEMALE FEMALES FEWER CHILDREN FEWER YEARS OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL ACCESS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN LANGUAGES GENDER GIRLS GLOBAL COMMISSION GLOBAL COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HIGHER EDUCATION LEVELS HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION LAWS IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPACT OF MIGRATION INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFESTYLES MENTAL HEALTH MIGRANT MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS MIGRATIONS MONEY TRANSFER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OBESITY OLDER ADULTS PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMANENT RESIDENTS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR PEOPLE POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POWER PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC POLICY RECEIPT RECEIPTS RECESSIONS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPAYMENT RISING DEMAND RURAL ASSET SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCREENING SELECTION SYSTEM SELF-EMPLOYMENT SEX SIBLINGS SKILLED MIGRANTS SMOKING SPOUSE SPOUSES STATE UNIVERSITY TRANSACTIONS COSTS UNION VILLAGES WALKING WAR WORKERS WORKFORCE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUTH |
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ACCESS TO BANK ACCOUNTS ACCESS TO BANKING ACCESS TO BANKING SERVICES ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES ADULT LITERACY AGED AGRICULTURAL INCOME ALCOHOL ALCOHOLIC ASSET ACCUMULATION ASSET OWNERSHIP ATM CARD ATM CARDS BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BASIC EDUCATION BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE BIASES BRAIN DRAIN BULLETIN BUSINESS CAPITAL BUSINESS OWNER BUSINESS OWNERSHIP CHILD HEALTH CITIZENS COMMUNITIES CULTURAL CHANGE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEPENDENT CHILDREN DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DIABETES DIET DIETS DROPOUT DWELLING EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RESOURCES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMIGRATION LEVELS EMPLOYERS ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES ETHNIC GROUPS EXCHANGE RATE EXCLUSION EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY REUNIFICATION FEMALE FEMALES FEWER CHILDREN FEWER YEARS OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL ACCESS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN LANGUAGES GENDER GIRLS GLOBAL COMMISSION GLOBAL COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HIGHER EDUCATION LEVELS HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION LAWS IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPACT OF MIGRATION INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFESTYLES MENTAL HEALTH MIGRANT MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS MIGRATIONS MONEY TRANSFER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OBESITY OLDER ADULTS PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMANENT RESIDENTS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR PEOPLE POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POWER PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC POLICY RECEIPT RECEIPTS RECESSIONS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPAYMENT RISING DEMAND RURAL ASSET SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCREENING SELECTION SYSTEM SELF-EMPLOYMENT SEX SIBLINGS SKILLED MIGRANTS SMOKING SPOUSE SPOUSES STATE UNIVERSITY TRANSACTIONS COSTS UNION VILLAGES WALKING WAR WORKERS WORKFORCE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUTH Gibson, John McKenzie, David Stillman, Steven The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4956 |
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The impacts of international migration
on development in the sending countries, and especially the
effects on remaining household members, are increasingly
studied. However, comparisons of households in developing
countries with and without migrants are complicated by a
double-selectivity problem: households self-select into
migration, and among households involved in migration, some
send a subset of members with the rest remaining while other
households migrate en masse. The authors address these
selectivity issues using the randomization provided by an
immigration ballot under the Pacific Access Category of New
Zealand s immigration policy. They survey applicants to the
2002-05 ballots in Tonga and compare outcomes for the
remaining household members of emigrants with those for
members of similar households that were unsuccessful in the
ballots. The immigration laws determine which household
members can accompany the principal migrant, providing an
instrument to address the second selectivity issue. Using
this natural experiment, the authors examine the myriad
impacts that migration has on remaining household members,
focussing on labor supply, income, durable assets, financial
service usage, diet, and physical and mental health. The
analysis uses multiple hypothesis testing procedures to
examine which impacts are robust. The findings indicate that
the overall impact on households left behind is largely
negative. The findings also reveal evidence that both
sources of selectivity matter, leading studies that fail to
adequately address them to misrepresent the impact of migration. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Gibson, John McKenzie, David Stillman, Steven |
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Gibson, John McKenzie, David Stillman, Steven |
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Gibson, John |
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The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program |
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The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program |
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The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program |
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The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program |
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The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program |
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impacts of international migration on remaining household members : omnibus results from a migration lottery program |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-41492021-04-23T14:02:15Z The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members : Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program Gibson, John McKenzie, David Stillman, Steven ACCESS TO BANK ACCOUNTS ACCESS TO BANKING ACCESS TO BANKING SERVICES ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES ADULT LITERACY AGED AGRICULTURAL INCOME ALCOHOL ALCOHOLIC ASSET ACCUMULATION ASSET OWNERSHIP ATM CARD ATM CARDS BANK ACCOUNT BANK ACCOUNTS BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BASIC EDUCATION BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE BIASES BRAIN DRAIN BULLETIN BUSINESS CAPITAL BUSINESS OWNER BUSINESS OWNERSHIP CHILD HEALTH CITIZENS COMMUNITIES CULTURAL CHANGE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEPENDENT CHILDREN DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DIABETES DIET DIETS DROPOUT DWELLING EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RESOURCES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMIGRATION LEVELS EMPLOYERS ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES ETHNIC GROUPS EXCHANGE RATE EXCLUSION EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY REUNIFICATION FEMALE FEMALES FEWER CHILDREN FEWER YEARS OF EDUCATION FINANCIAL ACCESS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN LANGUAGES GENDER GIRLS GLOBAL COMMISSION GLOBAL COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HIGHER EDUCATION LEVELS HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION LAWS IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY IMPACT OF MIGRATION INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFESTYLES MENTAL HEALTH MIGRANT MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRANTS MIGRATIONS MONEY TRANSFER NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OBESITY OLDER ADULTS PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMANENT RESIDENTS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR PEOPLE POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POWER PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC POLICY RECEIPT RECEIPTS RECESSIONS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPAYMENT RISING DEMAND RURAL ASSET SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCREENING SELECTION SYSTEM SELF-EMPLOYMENT SEX SIBLINGS SKILLED MIGRANTS SMOKING SPOUSE SPOUSES STATE UNIVERSITY TRANSACTIONS COSTS UNION VILLAGES WALKING WAR WORKERS WORKFORCE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUTH The impacts of international migration on development in the sending countries, and especially the effects on remaining household members, are increasingly studied. However, comparisons of households in developing countries with and without migrants are complicated by a double-selectivity problem: households self-select into migration, and among households involved in migration, some send a subset of members with the rest remaining while other households migrate en masse. The authors address these selectivity issues using the randomization provided by an immigration ballot under the Pacific Access Category of New Zealand s immigration policy. They survey applicants to the 2002-05 ballots in Tonga and compare outcomes for the remaining household members of emigrants with those for members of similar households that were unsuccessful in the ballots. The immigration laws determine which household members can accompany the principal migrant, providing an instrument to address the second selectivity issue. Using this natural experiment, the authors examine the myriad impacts that migration has on remaining household members, focussing on labor supply, income, durable assets, financial service usage, diet, and physical and mental health. The analysis uses multiple hypothesis testing procedures to examine which impacts are robust. The findings indicate that the overall impact on households left behind is largely negative. The findings also reveal evidence that both sources of selectivity matter, leading studies that fail to adequately address them to misrepresent the impact of migration. 2012-03-19T19:10:48Z 2012-03-19T19:10:48Z 2009-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090608100338 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4149 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4956 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 East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific Oceania |