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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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