Does Temporary Migration Have to Be Permanent?

Amin, Mohammad; Mattoo, Aaditya

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“…To set up good migration policies, it is important to identify when migration is most beneficial. This paper argues, in line with several other studies (Amin and Mattoo, 2005;Dustmann and Kirchkamp, 2002), that migration is most beneficial if it is temporary, in other words, if migrants leave their country with the intention to return some day for good. This is true not only for developed countries, attempting to import additional short-term labour, but also for developing countries.…”

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Come Back or Stay? Spend Here or There? Return and Remittances: The Case of Moldova

Pinger¹

2010

International Migration

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This paper examines the determinants and consequences of temporary and permanent migration from the perspective of migrant source countries. Based on a large and detailed household dataset on migration in the Republic of Moldova, the most important factors that influence a respective migrant's decision whether to return to the home country or to stay abroad for good are presented first. Second, the remittance behaviour of temporary and permanent migrants is analysed to investigate how developing countries benefit from either type of migration. The results indicate that the most important determinants of permanent migration relate to the economic conditions at home and abroad, as well as to the legal status of a migrant in the host country. Furthermore, economic and political frustration plays an important role in the decision of permanent migrants not to come back. On the contrary, family ties as measured by the number of close family members at home act as a pull factor for migrant return. Interestingly, permanent migrants use source country networks that differ from those of temporary migrants, indicating that the return decision of individuals is influenced by the decision of their migrant peers. Concerning remittances, the results reveal that, in absolute terms, temporary migrants remit around 30 per cent more than their permanent counterparts. This outcome is surprising, because temporary migrants often reside in countries where wages are much lower. Overall, the findings indicate that when compared to permanent migration, temporary migration is favourable for developing countries, as it fosters not only repatriation of skills, but also higher remittances, and home savings.

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Come Back or Stay? Spend Here or There? Return and Remittances: The Case of Moldova

Pinger¹

2010

International Migration

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“…The World Bank (2006) has recommended seasonal migration programmes involving unskilled, low-skilled or semi-skilled labour as one of the most promising ways to enhance the development benefits of migration. Despite some scepticism about the capacity of temporary migration to act as a development strategy (see, for instance, Phillips 2009), the World Bank perspective is largely supported by academics (see, for instance, Amin & Mattoo 2005;Koettl 2006;Pritchett 2006;Rodrik 2007;Winters et al 2005) and, more recently, by governments (see Gibson & McKenzie 2010). Indeed, temporary labour migration schemes are widely used in the developed world and are increasingly seen as offering a potential 'triple-win' (Gibson & Mackenzie 2010) -that is, receiving countries benefit from the injection of low-skill labour; migrant workers frequently benefit from the much higher wages that they receive; and, through the remittances they send home, their country of origin also benefits.…”

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Migration and Integration in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia

2014

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PublicationsThe International Institute for Asian Studies is a research and exchange platform based in Leiden, the Netherlands. Its objective is to encourage the interdisciplinary and comparative study of Asia and to promote (inter)national cooperation. IIAS focuses on the humanities and social sciences and on their interaction with other sciences. It stimulates scholarship on Asia and is instrumental in forging research networks among Asia Scholars. Its main research interest are reflected in the three book series published with Amsterdam University Press: Global Asia, Asian Heritages and Asian Cities.IIAS acts as an international mediator, bringing together various parties in Asia and other parts of the world. The Institute works as a clearinghouse of knowledge and information. This entails activities such as providing information services, the construction and support of international networks and cooperative projects, and the organisation of seminars and conferences. In this way, IIAS functions as a window on Europe for non-European scholars and contributes to the cultural rapprochement between Europe and Asia. IIAS Publications Officer: Paul van der Velde IIAS Assistant Publications Officer: Mary Lynn van Dijk Global AsiaAsia has a long history of transnational linkage with other parts of the world. Yet the contribution of Asian knowledge, values, and practices in the making of the modern world has largely been overlooked until recent years. The rise of Asia is often viewed as a challenge to the existing world order. Such a bifurcated view overlooks the fact that the global order has been shaped by Asian experiences as much as the global formation has shaped Asia. The Global Asia Series takes this understanding as the point of departure. It addresses contemporary issues related to transnational interactions within the Asian region, as well as Asia's projection into the world through the movement of goods, people, ideas, knowledge, ideologies, and so forth. The series aims to publish timely and well-researched books that will have the cumulative effect of developing new perspectives and theories about global Asia. PublicationsGlobal Asia 6 Cover illustration: © Nanang Indra Kurniawan Cover design: Coördesign, Leiden Typesetting: Crius Group, Hulshout Amsterdam University Press English-language titles are distributed in the US and Canada by the University of Chicago Press. isbn 978 90 8964 538 8 e-isbn 978 90 4852 817 2 (pdf) nur 741 | 763

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“…These concerns are wellfounded, as incentives for both employers and temporary entrants to ensure temporariness can be rather weak. Amin and Mattoo (2005) analyse the incentives for host and source countries to prefer temporary to long-term or permanent migration. They show that unilateral migration policies are globally inefficient in that they lead to excessive permanent migration relative to temporary movement, and too little overall movement of workers.…”

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The Euro–Mediterranean Partnership: Trade in Services as an Alternative to Migration?

Hoekman

Özden²

2010

J of Common Market Studies

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This article discusses options to facilitate movement of workers between high-income and developing countries within the framework of trade agreements, focusing on the European Union's partnership agreements with neighbouring countries. Existing frameworks for co-operation offer the possibility of expanding temporary rather than longer-term or permanent movement of workers since extant trade agreements provide scope for negotiating specific market access commitments for services, including those delivered through the cross-border movement of natural persons. Even though the potential for such 'embodied' trade in services will not be anywhere near what would be associated with substantial liberalization of migration regimes, furthering the services trade dimension in the European Union's trade agreements offers significant potential Pareto gains. For the partner countries these gains from temporary movement of service providers are both direct - through greater employment and revenue from providing services in the European Union - and indirect - by helping to increase and sustain higher growth at home. Copyright (c) 2010 The Author(s). Journal compilation (c) 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Does Temporary Migration Have to Be Permanent?

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

Come Back or Stay? Spend Here or There? Return and Remittances: The Case of Moldova

Come Back or Stay? Spend Here or There? Return and Remittances: The Case of Moldova

Migration and Integration in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia

The Euro–Mediterranean Partnership: Trade in Services as an Alternative to Migration?

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