Diaspora Effects in International Migration : Key Questions and Methodological Issues

This paper reviews the existing literature on the impact of migrants networks on the patterns of international migration. It covers the theoretical channels at stake in the global effect of the networks. It identifies the key issues, namely the impact on size, selection and concentration of the migr...

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Main Authors:	Beine, Michel, Docquier, Frederic, Ozden, Caglar
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	International Migration F220 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5404

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spelling	okr-10986-54042021-04-23T14:02:22Z Diaspora Effects in International Migration : Key Questions and Methodological Issues Beine, Michel Docquier, Frederic Ozden, Caglar International Migration F220 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110 This paper reviews the existing literature on the impact of migrants networks on the patterns of international migration. It covers the theoretical channels at stake in the global effect of the networks. It identifies the key issues, namely the impact on size, selection and concentration of the migration flows. The paper also reviews the empirical hurdles that the researchers face in assessing the importance of networks. The key issues concern the choice of micro vs a macro approach, the definition of a network, the access to suitable data and the adoption of econometric methods accounting for the main features of those data. Finally, the paper reports a set of estimation outcomes reflecting the main findings of the macro approach. 2012-03-30T07:32:39Z 2012-03-30T07:32:39Z 2010 Journal Article Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Volkswirtschaft und Statistik/Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 03039692 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5404 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	This paper reviews the existing literature on the impact of migrants networks on the patterns of international migration. It covers the theoretical channels at stake in the global effect of the networks. It identifies the key issues, namely the impact on size, selection and concentration of the migration flows. The paper also reviews the empirical hurdles that the researchers face in assessing the importance of networks. The key issues concern the choice of micro vs a macro approach, the definition of a network, the access to suitable data and the adoption of econometric methods accounting for the main features of those data. Finally, the paper reports a set of estimation outcomes reflecting the main findings of the macro approach.
format	Journal Article
author	Beine, Michel Docquier, Frederic Ozden, Caglar
author_facet	Beine, Michel Docquier, Frederic Ozden, Caglar
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title	Diaspora Effects in International Migration : Key Questions and Methodological Issues
title_short	Diaspora Effects in International Migration : Key Questions and Methodological Issues
title_full	Diaspora Effects in International Migration : Key Questions and Methodological Issues
title_fullStr	Diaspora Effects in International Migration : Key Questions and Methodological Issues
title_full_unstemmed	Diaspora Effects in International Migration : Key Questions and Methodological Issues
title_sort	diaspora effects in international migration : key questions and methodological issues
publishDate	2012
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5404
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Diaspora Effects in International Migration : Key Questions and Methodological Issues

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