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Migration, Families, and Counterfactual Families

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dc.contributor.authorBertoli, Simone
dc.contributor.authorMurard, Elie
dc.contributor.authorMcKenzie, David J.
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-07T14:50:03Z
dc.date.available2023-12-07T14:50:03Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-07
dc.description.abstractMigration changes how families form and dissolve, and how one should conceptualize the family. This has implications for thinking about how the migration decision is modelled when individuals are unable to picture the counterfactual families they may have. Differences in marital status can induce two otherwise identical individuals to make different migration decisions. It also has implications for attempts to causally estimate impacts of migration, when the family composition changes with the migration decision itself. This paper shows empirically that changing marital status after migration is widespread, and that the traditional model of a fixed family sending off a migrant who remains part of that same family only describes a minority of migrants moving from developing countries to the U.S. The authors draw out lessons from thinking about counterfactual families for empirical research and for migration policy.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099330212052366138/IDU0724d761b0c05d040a20b8f40261a46f47247
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10626
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40708
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10626
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectFAMILY FORMATION
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL REASONING
dc.subjectSTATUS QUO BIAS
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.titleMigration, Families, and Counterfactual Familiesen
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okr.crossref.titleMigration, families, and counterfactual families
okr.date.disclosure2023-12-05
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10626
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10626
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okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::International Migration
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Remittances
okr.topicLaw and Development::Human Rights
okr.unitDECRG: Finance & Priv Sec Devt (DECFP)
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