Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan: Experience and Evidence with International Afghan Labor Mobility at Micro Level

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Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan: Experience and Evidence with International Afghan Labor Mobility at Micro Level

dc.contributor.author	Garrote Sanchez, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-30T21:44:08Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-30T21:44:08Z
dc.date.issued	2018-01
dc.description.abstract	This paper analyzes Afghanistan’s migration phenomenon from a microeconomic perspective. Given the elevated pressures in the labor market, a common tool to sustain livelihoods is migration, affecting 16 percent of Afghan households, both current migrants and returnees. Compared to nonmigrants, returnees are more educated and have higher earnings, while the opposite is true for out-migrants. For most of them, remittances represent a supplement to their income, particularly for those families that currently have a member abroad. Comparing earnings of Afghans abroad to those of similar workers in Afghanistan, wide wage gaps are observed, creating strong pull factors for migration. A strong self-selection of migrants also occurs across countries. Overall, migration represents an opportunity to improve livelihoods, although under its current form it does not incentivize upskilling, as most irregular Afghans find jobs in neighboring countries like Iran in low-skilled sectors where returns to education are low.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/978761516914612930/Managed-labor-migration-in-Afghanistan-experience-and-evidence-with-international-Afghan-labor-mobility-at-micro-level
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/29276
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29276
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	LABOR MOBILITY
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MIGRANT LABOR
dc.subject	LIVELIHOODS
dc.subject	RETURNEES
dc.subject	SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	WAGE GAP
dc.subject	SEASONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	POVERTY
dc.title	Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan	en
dc.title.subtitle	Experience and Evidence with International Afghan Labor Mobility at Micro Level	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Managed Labor Migration in Afghanistan
okr.date.disclosure	2018-01-25
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/978761516914612930/Managed-labor-migration-in-Afghanistan-experience-and-evidence-with-international-Afghan-labor-mobility-at-micro-level
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/29276
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okr.identifier.report	122982
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/978761516914612930/pdf/122982-WP-P158055-PUBLIC-MLMAbFINALsinglepagesonline.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.country	Afghanistan
okr.theme	Social protection and risk management :: Improving labor markets
okr.topic	Conflict and Development::Conflict and Fragile States
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade::International Migration
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.unit	Social Protection & Labor SAR (GSP06)