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Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market : Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks

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dc.contributor.authorTheoharides, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorMcKenzie, David
dc.contributor.authorYang, Dean
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-21T16:41:37Z
dc.date.available2014-04-21T16:41:37Z
dc.date.issued2014-04
dc.description.abstractWe use an original panel dataset of migrant departures from the Philippines to identify the responsiveness of migrant numbers and wages to GDP shocks in destination countries. We find a large, significant response of migrant numbers to GDP shocks at destination, but no significant wage response. This is consistent with binding minimum wages for migrant labor. This result implies that labor market imperfections that make international migration attractive also make migrant flows more sensitive to global business cycles. Difference-in-differences analysis of a minimum wage change for maids confirms that minimum wages bind and demand is price sensitive without these distortions.en
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/17922
dc.identifier.issn1945-7782
dc.identifier.other10.1257/app.6.2.49
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17922
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Economic Association
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderAmerican Economic Association
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectinternational migration
dc.subjectwage level and structure
dc.subjectwage differentials
dc.subjectwages, compensation, and labor costs
dc.subjectpublic policy
dc.subjectgeographic labor mobility
dc.subjectimmigrant workers
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjecthuman resources
dc.subjecthuman development
dc.subjectincome distribution
dc.subjectmigration
dc.titleDistortions in the International Migrant Labor Market : Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocksen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.date.disclosure2014-03-18
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:13:23.679997Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.identifier.doi10.1257/app.6.2.49
okr.journal.nbpages49-75
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryPhilippines
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/app.6.2.49
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.6.2.49
okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6044
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.volume6(2)
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