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Accounting for Selectivity and Duration-Dependent Heterogeneity When Estimating the Impact of Emigration on Incomes and Poverty in Sending Areas

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dc.contributor.authorGibson, John
dc.contributor.authorMcKenzie, David
dc.contributor.authorStillman, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T18:39:14Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T18:39:14Z
dc.date.issued2010-04-01
dc.description.abstractThe impacts of international emigration and remittances on incomes and poverty in sending areas are increasingly studied with household survey data. But comparing households with and without emigrants is complicated by a triple-selectivity problem: first, households self-select into emigration; second, in some emigrant households everyone moves while others leave members behind; and third, some emigrants choose to return to the origin country. Allowing for duration-dependent heterogeneity introduces a fourth form of selectivity -- one must now worry not just about whether households migrate, but also when they do so. This paper clearly sets out these selectivity issues and their implications for existing migration studies, and then addresses them by using survey data designed specifically to take advantage of a randomized lottery that determines which applicants to the over-subscribed Samoan Quota may immigrate to New Zealand. The analysis compares incomes and poverty rates among left behind members in households in Samoa that sent Samoan Quota emigrants with those for members of similar households that were unsuccessful in the lottery. Policy rules control who can accompany the principal migrant, providing an instrument to address the second selectivity problem, while differences among migrants in which year their ballot was selected allow for estimation of duration effects. The authors find that migration reduced poverty among former household members, but they also find suggestive evidence that this effect may be short-lived as both remittances and agricultural income are negatively related to the duration that the migrant has been abroad.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5268
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3755
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5268
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAMOUNT OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectBASIC NEEDS
dc.subjectBRAIN DRAIN
dc.subjectBULLETIN
dc.subjectCAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectCHANGE IN POVERTY
dc.subjectCITIZEN
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCITIZENSHIP
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY LEVEL
dc.subjectCONSEQUENCES OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectDEPENDENT CHILDREN
dc.subjectDESTINATION COUNTRY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP
dc.subjectDIET
dc.subjectDOMESTIC INCOME
dc.subjectDROPOUT
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEFFECT OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectEMIGRATION
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFAMILY REUNIFICATION
dc.subjectFAMILY REUNIFICATION POLICIES
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectHOME COUNTRY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD ASSETS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectIMMIGRANT
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMPACT OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectIMPACT OF REMITTANCES
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINCREASE IN REMITTANCES
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL WELFARE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOUR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOUR MOBILITY
dc.subjectLABOUR SUPPLY
dc.subjectMANDATES
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMIGRATION DECISION
dc.subjectMIGRATION POLICIES
dc.subjectMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subjectNUMBER OF ADULTS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subjectOLDER ADULTS
dc.subjectPENSIONS
dc.subjectPERMANENT RESIDENCE
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectREMITTANCE
dc.subjectREMITTANCE INFLOWS
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectREMITTANCES FROM MIGRANTS
dc.subjectRENTALS
dc.subjectRETURN MIGRANTS
dc.subjectRETURN MIGRATION
dc.subjectSEND REMITTANCES
dc.subjectSETTLEMENT
dc.subjectSPOUSE
dc.subjectSTANDARD ERROR
dc.subjectSTANDARD ERRORS
dc.subjectTREATY
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.titleAccounting for Selectivity and Duration-Dependent Heterogeneity When Estimating the Impact of Emigration on Incomes and Poverty in Sending Areasen
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okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.sectorFinance :: General finance sector
okr.themeFinancial and private sector development :: Other financial and private sector development
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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