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A Profile of the World’s Young Developing Country Migrants
dc.contributor.author | McKenzie, David J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-26T14:09:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-26T14:09:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | The paper uses individual level census and household survey data to present a rich profile of the young developing migrants around the world. Youth are found to comprise a large share of all migrants, particularly in migration to other developing countries, with the probability of migration peaking in the late teens or early twenties. The paper examines in detail the age and gender composition of migrants, whether young migrants move alone or with a parent or spouse, their participation in schooling and work in the destination country, the types of jobs they do, and the age of return migration. The results suggest a high degree of commonality in the youth migrant experience across a number of destination countries. In particular, developing country youth tend to work in similar occupations all around the world, and are more concentrated in these occupations than older migrants or native youth. Nevertheless, there is also considerable heterogeneity among youth migrants: 29 percent of 18 to 24 year olds are attending school in their destination country, but another 29 percent are not working or in school. This illustrates both the potential of migration for building human capital, and the fear that lack of integration prevents it from being used. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7106674/profile-worlds-young-developing-country-migrants | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9006 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4021 | |
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 | AGE DISTRIBUTION | |
dc.subject | AGE GROUPS | |
dc.subject | AGED | |
dc.subject | BABIES | |
dc.subject | CAREER ADVANCEMENT | |
dc.subject | CENSUSES | |
dc.subject | CENTRAL AMERICA | |
dc.subject | CHILD CARE | |
dc.subject | CHILD LABOR | |
dc.subject | CITIZEN | |
dc.subject | COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN | |
dc.subject | COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | |
dc.subject | CULTURAL CHANGE | |
dc.subject | DEMOGRAPHY | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | DOMESTIC WORKERS | |
dc.subject | FAMILY MEMBERS | |
dc.subject | FAMILY REUNIFICATION | |
dc.subject | FEMALE IMMIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | FEMALE MIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | FEMALES | |
dc.subject | FERTILITY | |
dc.subject | FERTILITY RATE | |
dc.subject | FLOW OF MIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | GENDER | |
dc.subject | GENDER COMPOSITION | |
dc.subject | HOME COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | HOST COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | HOST COUNTRY | |
dc.subject | HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS | |
dc.subject | HUMAN CAPITAL | |
dc.subject | ILLEGAL MIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | ILLEGAL MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | IMMIGRANT | |
dc.subject | IMMIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | IMMIGRATION | |
dc.subject | IMPACT OF MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | INTERNAL MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | LABOR FORCE | |
dc.subject | LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION | |
dc.subject | LABOR MARKET | |
dc.subject | LABOR MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | LABORERS | |
dc.subject | LATE TEENS | |
dc.subject | LEGAL IMMIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | LIVING STANDARDS | |
dc.subject | MALE YOUTH | |
dc.subject | MARITAL STATUS | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT MEN | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT POPULATION | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT STOCK | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT WOMEN | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT WORKERS | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT YOUTH | |
dc.subject | MIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | MIGRATION POLICIES | |
dc.subject | MIGRATION SYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE | |
dc.subject | NATURAL DISASTERS | |
dc.subject | NUMBER OF MIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | OLD MALES | |
dc.subject | PARENTS | |
dc.subject | PLACE OF RESIDENCE | |
dc.subject | POLICY CONCERN | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER | |
dc.subject | POPULATION CENTER | |
dc.subject | POPULATION DIVISION | |
dc.subject | POPULATION STUDIES | |
dc.subject | PROGRESS | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC POLICY | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC SERVICE | |
dc.subject | RECENT IMMIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | REMITTANCE | |
dc.subject | REMITTANCES | |
dc.subject | RETURN MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | RITE OF PASSAGE | |
dc.subject | SCHOOL ATTENDANCE | |
dc.subject | SKILLED WORKERS | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL AFFAIRS | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL SCIENCE | |
dc.subject | SOUTH AMERICA | |
dc.subject | SPOUSE | |
dc.subject | SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA | |
dc.subject | TEENAGER | |
dc.subject | TEENAGERS | |
dc.subject | TEENS | |
dc.subject | UNEMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | UNITED NATIONS | |
dc.subject | URBAN MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | WAGES | |
dc.subject | WORK EXPERIENCE | |
dc.subject | YOUNG ADULTS | |
dc.subject | YOUNG AGES | |
dc.subject | YOUNG CHILDREN | |
dc.subject | YOUNG FEMALE MIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | YOUNG MALE | |
dc.subject | YOUNG MEN | |
dc.subject | YOUNG PEOPLE | |
dc.subject | YOUNG WOMEN | |
dc.subject | YOUTH | |
dc.subject | YOUTH PARTICIPATION | |
dc.subject | YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | YOUTH WORK | |
dc.subject | YOUTH WORKERS | |
dc.title | A Profile of the World’s Young Developing Country Migrants | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea | Gender | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7106674/profile-worlds-young-developing-country-migrants | |
okr.globalpractice | Governance | |
okr.globalpractice | Health, Nutrition, and Population | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-4021 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000016406_20061004092834 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 7106674 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS4021 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2006/10/04/000016406_20061004092834/Rendered/PDF/wps4021.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | The World Region | |
okr.topic | Population and Development | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population :: Adolescent Health | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies | |
okr.topic | Governance :: Youth and Governance | |
okr.topic | Gender :: Gender and Development | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population | |
okr.unit | Development Research Group (DECRG) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 | |
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relation.isSeriesOfPublication | 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87 |
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