Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More

Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the past two decades are the large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross-country regressions...

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Main Authors:	Bollard, Albert, McKenzie, David, Morten, Melanie, Rapoport, Hillel
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES ANNUAL REMITTANCES BANK ACCOUNTS BEQUESTS BRAIN DRAIN CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT MARKETS DATA ON REMITTANCES DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DESTINATION COUNTRY DETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DUMMY VARIABLES EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATED PEOPLE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION ELDERLY EMIGRATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES FAMILY COMPOSITION FAMILY MEMBERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCING OF INVESTMENTS FORMAL EDUCATION HOME COUNTRY HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD BARGAINING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT POPULATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION STATUS IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOMES INHERITANCE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INVESTMENT FUND LABOR FORCE LABOR MIGRATION LARGER FAMILIES LEGAL IMMIGRATION LEGAL STATUS LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVING CONDITIONS LOAN MACROECONOMIC DATA MICRODATA MIGRANT COMMUNITIES MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRATION MIGRATION COSTS MIGRATION OF LABOR MIGRATION POLICY MINORITY MONEY HOME MONEY TO RELATIVES NEED FOR REMITTANCES NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATION CONSTRAINT PERSONAL INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION ASSOCIATION POST OFFICE POST OFFICES PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECIPIENT COUNTRY REFUGEE REMITTANCE REMITTANCE CHANNELS REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE SENDERS REMITTANCE SENDING REMITTANCES REMITTERS REPAYMENT RETURN ROLE OF REMITTANCES SECONDARY EDUCATION SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION SEND MONEY SEND REMITTANCES SKILL LEVEL SKILLED EMIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRATION SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE SPOUSES TAX TEMPORARY MIGRATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSFER OF FUNDS TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VIRGIN WORK PERMITS
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spelling	okr-10986-43012021-04-23T14:02:17Z Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More Bollard, Albert McKenzie, David Morten, Melanie Rapoport, Hillel AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES ANNUAL REMITTANCES BANK ACCOUNTS BEQUESTS BRAIN DRAIN CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT MARKETS DATA ON REMITTANCES DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DESTINATION COUNTRY DETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DUMMY VARIABLES EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATED PEOPLE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION ELDERLY EMIGRATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES FAMILY COMPOSITION FAMILY MEMBERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCING OF INVESTMENTS FORMAL EDUCATION HOME COUNTRY HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD BARGAINING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT POPULATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION STATUS IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOMES INHERITANCE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INVESTMENT FUND LABOR FORCE LABOR MIGRATION LARGER FAMILIES LEGAL IMMIGRATION LEGAL STATUS LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVING CONDITIONS LOAN MACROECONOMIC DATA MICRODATA MIGRANT COMMUNITIES MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRATION MIGRATION COSTS MIGRATION OF LABOR MIGRATION POLICY MINORITY MONEY HOME MONEY TO RELATIVES NEED FOR REMITTANCES NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATION CONSTRAINT PERSONAL INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION ASSOCIATION POST OFFICE POST OFFICES PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECIPIENT COUNTRY REFUGEE REMITTANCE REMITTANCE CHANNELS REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE SENDERS REMITTANCE SENDING REMITTANCES REMITTERS REPAYMENT RETURN ROLE OF REMITTANCES SECONDARY EDUCATION SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION SEND MONEY SEND REMITTANCES SKILL LEVEL SKILLED EMIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRATION SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE SPOUSES TAX TEMPORARY MIGRATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSFER OF FUNDS TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VIRGIN WORK PERMITS Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the past two decades are the large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration will hamper remittance growth. This paper revisits the relationship between education and remitting behavior using microdata from surveys of immigrants in 11 major destination countries. The data show a mixed pattern between education and the likelihood of remitting, and a strong positive relationship between education and the amount remitted conditional on remitting. Combining these intensive and extensive margins gives an overall positive effect of education on the amount remitted. The microdata then allow investigation as to why the more educated remit more. The analysis finds that the higher income earned by migrants, rather than characteristics of their family situations, explains much of the higher remittances. 2012-03-19T19:13:34Z 2012-03-19T19:13:34Z 2009-11-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091104145820 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4301 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5113 5296 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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topic	AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES ANNUAL REMITTANCES BANK ACCOUNTS BEQUESTS BRAIN DRAIN CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT MARKETS DATA ON REMITTANCES DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DESTINATION COUNTRY DETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DUMMY VARIABLES EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATED PEOPLE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION ELDERLY EMIGRATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES FAMILY COMPOSITION FAMILY MEMBERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCING OF INVESTMENTS FORMAL EDUCATION HOME COUNTRY HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD BARGAINING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT POPULATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION STATUS IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOMES INHERITANCE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INVESTMENT FUND LABOR FORCE LABOR MIGRATION LARGER FAMILIES LEGAL IMMIGRATION LEGAL STATUS LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVING CONDITIONS LOAN MACROECONOMIC DATA MICRODATA MIGRANT COMMUNITIES MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRATION MIGRATION COSTS MIGRATION OF LABOR MIGRATION POLICY MINORITY MONEY HOME MONEY TO RELATIVES NEED FOR REMITTANCES NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATION CONSTRAINT PERSONAL INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION ASSOCIATION POST OFFICE POST OFFICES PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECIPIENT COUNTRY REFUGEE REMITTANCE REMITTANCE CHANNELS REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE SENDERS REMITTANCE SENDING REMITTANCES REMITTERS REPAYMENT RETURN ROLE OF REMITTANCES SECONDARY EDUCATION SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION SEND MONEY SEND REMITTANCES SKILL LEVEL SKILLED EMIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRATION SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE SPOUSES TAX TEMPORARY MIGRATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSFER OF FUNDS TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VIRGIN WORK PERMITS
spellingShingle	AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES ANNUAL REMITTANCES BANK ACCOUNTS BEQUESTS BRAIN DRAIN CONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CREDIT MARKETS DATA ON REMITTANCES DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DESTINATION COUNTRY DETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DUMMY VARIABLES EDUCATED MIGRANTS EDUCATED PEOPLE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION ELDERLY EMIGRATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES FAMILY COMPOSITION FAMILY MEMBERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCING OF INVESTMENTS FORMAL EDUCATION HOME COUNTRY HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD BARGAINING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT POPULATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION STATUS IMPACT OF EDUCATION INCOMES INHERITANCE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE INVESTMENT FUND LABOR FORCE LABOR MIGRATION LARGER FAMILIES LEGAL IMMIGRATION LEGAL STATUS LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS LIVING CONDITIONS LOAN MACROECONOMIC DATA MICRODATA MIGRANT COMMUNITIES MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES MIGRATION MIGRATION COSTS MIGRATION OF LABOR MIGRATION POLICY MINORITY MONEY HOME MONEY TO RELATIVES NEED FOR REMITTANCES NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATION CONSTRAINT PERSONAL INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION ASSOCIATION POST OFFICE POST OFFICES PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECIPIENT COUNTRY REFUGEE REMITTANCE REMITTANCE CHANNELS REMITTANCE FLOWS REMITTANCE SENDERS REMITTANCE SENDING REMITTANCES REMITTERS REPAYMENT RETURN ROLE OF REMITTANCES SECONDARY EDUCATION SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION SEND MONEY SEND REMITTANCES SKILL LEVEL SKILLED EMIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRANTS SKILLED MIGRATION SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE SPOUSES TAX TEMPORARY MIGRATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSFER OF FUNDS TRANSPORTATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION VIRGIN WORK PERMITS Bollard, Albert McKenzie, David Morten, Melanie Rapoport, Hillel Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
geographic_facet	The World Region The World Region
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5113
description	Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the past two decades are the large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration will hamper remittance growth. This paper revisits the relationship between education and remitting behavior using microdata from surveys of immigrants in 11 major destination countries. The data show a mixed pattern between education and the likelihood of remitting, and a strong positive relationship between education and the amount remitted conditional on remitting. Combining these intensive and extensive margins gives an overall positive effect of education on the amount remitted. The microdata then allow investigation as to why the more educated remit more. The analysis finds that the higher income earned by migrants, rather than characteristics of their family situations, explains much of the higher remittances.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Bollard, Albert McKenzie, David Morten, Melanie Rapoport, Hillel
author_facet	Bollard, Albert McKenzie, David Morten, Melanie Rapoport, Hillel
author_sort	Bollard, Albert
title	Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
title_short	Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
title_full	Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
title_fullStr	Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
title_full_unstemmed	Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
title_sort	remittances and the brain drain revisited : the microdata show that more educated migrants remit more
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091104145820 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4301
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Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More

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