Self-selection and the performance of return migrants: the source country perspective

Coulon, Augustin de; Piracha, Matloob

doi:10.1007/s00148-005-0004-4

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“…Individuals for whom V ε (0, 0) > 0, will emigrate and stay in the host country at least some time. By (15) and (16),…”

Section: Strong Transferabilitymentioning

confidence: 87%

“…15 That is, the rental rate that an immigrant from country b receives in country a is a weighted average of the rental rate in the country of origin, R b , and the rental rate in the receiving country, R a . Initially, immigrants receive the same rental rate as abroad, R b , but as they spend more time in the host country, the rental rate rises and approaches the rental rate of natives, R a .…”

Section: Rental Rate Of Human Capital and Its Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Return migration, human capital accumulation and the brain drain

Dustmann¹,

Fadlon²,

Weiss³

2011

Journal of Development Economics

254

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In this paper we present a model that explains migrations as decisions that respond to where human capital can be acquired more efficiently, and where the return to human capital is highest. The basic framework is a dynamic Roy model in which a worker possesses two distinct skills that can be augmented by learning by doing. There are different implicit prices, in different countries and different rates of skill accumulation. Our analysis contributes to the literature on the selection of immigrants and return migrants by offering a richer framework that may help to accommodate selection of emigrants and return migrants that are not immediately compatible with the one-dimensional skill model. Our analysis also has implications for the debate on brain drain and brain gain. In the two skills model presented here, return migration can lead to a mitigation of the brain drain, or even the creation of a "brain gain", where those who return bring the home country augmented local skills.

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“…Individuals for whom V ε (0, 0) > 0, will emigrate and stay in the host country at least some time. By (15) and (16),…”

Section: Strong Transferabilitymentioning

confidence: 87%

Section: Rental Rate Of Human Capital and Its Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Return migration, human capital accumulation and the brain drain

Dustmann¹,

Fadlon²,

Weiss³

2011

Journal of Development Economics

254

176

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“…5 An important question which has attracted limited attention is: what are the returns to overseas work experience? Although there is a handful of studies which have looked at the returns to returning migrants by examining the wage premium of return migrants compared to non-migrants, for example Co, Gang and Yun (2000), Barrett and O'Connell (2001), Goggin (2010), andDe Coulon andPiracha (2005), focusing on transitional economies or developed countries 4 See also Docquier and Rapoport (2012) for a survey of the brain drain and brain gain literature 5 Sun (2013) examines the productivity difference between domestic venture capitalists and their foreign educated counterparts in China.…”

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confidence: 99%

Selection, selection, selection: the impact of return migration

Wahba

2015

J Popul Econ

122

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The evidence on the impact of return migration on the sending country is rather sparse, though growing. The contribution of this paper is in addressing various selectivity problems whilst quantifying the impact of return migration on wages of returnees using non-experimental data.Using Egyptian household level survey data, I estimate the wages of return migrants controlling for several selectivity biases arising from emigration choice, return migration choice, labor force participation choice and occupational choice following return. The findings provide strong evidence that overseas temporary migration results in a wage premium upon return, even after controlling for the various potential selection biases. However the estimates underscore the significance of controlling for both emigration and return migration selections. Ignoring the double selectivity in migration would overestimate the impact of return migration on the wage premium of returnees, as migrants are positively selected relative to non-migrants, but returnees are negatively selected amongst migrants.

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“…Driven by economic hardships and geographic proximity, Albania has developed strong migration ties with other labor markets, in particular Greece and Italy, and remittances play a significant role in Albanian economy (Coulon and Piracha, 2005;Carletto et al 2007). Much of migration from Albania shows a stable and common pattern in that it has traditionally been temporary in nature (particularly the flow to the neighboring Greece), whether seasonal or circular.…”

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International Migration And Gender Differentials In The Home Labor Market: Evidence From Albania

Mendola¹,

Carletto²

2009

Policy Research Working Papers

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This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in migrant-sending households in Albania. Using detailed information on family migration experience from the latest Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) survey, we find that male and female labor supplies respond differently to current and past migration episodes of household members. Controlling for the potential endogeneity of migration and for the income (remittances) effect, estimates show that having a migrant abroad decreases female paid labor supply while increasing unpaid work. On the other hand, women with household members with past migration experience are significantly more likely to engage in self-employment and less likely to supply unpaid work. The same relationships do not hold for men. These findings suggest that over time male-dominated Albanian migration may lead to women's empowerment in the access to income-earning opportunities at origin.

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Self-selection and the performance of return migrants: the source country perspective

Cited by 141 publications

References 33 publications

Return migration, human capital accumulation and the brain drain

Return migration, human capital accumulation and the brain drain

Selection, selection, selection: the impact of return migration

International Migration And Gender Differentials In The Home Labor Market: Evidence From Albania

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