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Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
dc.contributor.author | Beam, Emily | |
dc.contributor.author | McKenzie, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Dean | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-05T15:31:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-02-05T15:31:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | Significant income gains from migrating from poorer to richer countries have motivated unilateral (source-country) policies facilitating labor emigration. However, their effectiveness is unknown. The authors conducted a large-scale randomized experiment in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. The most intensive treatment doubled the rate of job offers but had no identifiable effect on international labor migration. Even the highest overseas job-search rate that was induced (22 percent) falls far short of the share initially expressing interest in migrating (34 percent). The paper concludes that unilateral migration facilitation will at most induce a trickle, not a flood, of additional emigration. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18479589/unilateral-facilitation-not-raise-international-labor-migration-philippines | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16925 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6689 | |
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 | ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS | |
dc.subject | ASSET OWNERSHIP | |
dc.subject | ATTRITION | |
dc.subject | BANK | |
dc.subject | BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | |
dc.subject | BENEFITS OF MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | BIASES | |
dc.subject | CASH REMITTANCES | |
dc.subject | CITIZENS | |
dc.subject | COOPERATION | |
dc.subject | CREDIT | |
dc.subject | CREDIT MARKET | |
dc.subject | DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT POLICY | |
dc.subject | DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC SHOCKS | |
dc.subject | ECONOMICS | |
dc.subject | EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | |
dc.subject | EFFECTS | |
dc.subject | EMIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | EMIGRATION | |
dc.subject | EMPLOYER | |
dc.subject | EMPLOYERS | |
dc.subject | ENROLLMENT | |
dc.subject | EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | EXCHANGE RATE | |
dc.subject | EXCHANGE RATES | |
dc.subject | EXTENDED FAMILY | |
dc.subject | FACILITATION | |
dc.subject | FAMILIES | |
dc.subject | FAMILY OBLIGATIONS | |
dc.subject | FEE | |
dc.subject | FEES | |
dc.subject | FINANCE | |
dc.subject | FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS | |
dc.subject | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | |
dc.subject | FINANCIAL MARKETS | |
dc.subject | FINANCING | |
dc.subject | GENDER | |
dc.subject | GOVERNMENT POLICY | |
dc.subject | HOUSEHOLD | |
dc.subject | HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS | |
dc.subject | HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |
dc.subject | HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENTS | |
dc.subject | HOUSEHOLDS | |
dc.subject | HUMAN CAPITAL | |
dc.subject | HUMAN MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | IMMIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | IMMIGRATION | |
dc.subject | IMMIGRATION POLICIES | |
dc.subject | IMMIGRATION POLICY | |
dc.subject | IMPERFECT INFORMATION | |
dc.subject | INCENTIVES | |
dc.subject | INEQUALITY | |
dc.subject | INFORMAL ECONOMY | |
dc.subject | INFORMATION SYSTEM | |
dc.subject | INNOVATIONS | |
dc.subject | INTEREST | |
dc.subject | INTERNAL MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL BANK | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | INVESTMENT | |
dc.subject | JOB | |
dc.subject | JOB FAIRS | |
dc.subject | JOB OFFER | |
dc.subject | JOB OFFERS | |
dc.subject | JOB OPPORTUNITIES | |
dc.subject | JOB SEARCH | |
dc.subject | JOBS | |
dc.subject | KNOWLEDGE | |
dc.subject | LABOR | |
dc.subject | LABOR DEMAND | |
dc.subject | LABOR MARKET | |
dc.subject | LABOR MIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | LABOR MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | LABOUR | |
dc.subject | LEGAL BARRIERS | |
dc.subject | LENDER | |
dc.subject | LOAN | |
dc.subject | LOANS | |
dc.subject | MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | MANPOWER | |
dc.subject | MICRO-FINANCE | |
dc.subject | MICROFINANCE | |
dc.subject | MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT LABOR | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT REMITTANCES | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT WORKER | |
dc.subject | MIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | MIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | MIGRATION POLICY | |
dc.subject | MIGRATION PROCESS | |
dc.subject | MINIMUM WAGES | |
dc.subject | MINORITY | |
dc.subject | OCCUPATION | |
dc.subject | ORGANIZATIONS | |
dc.subject | OUTCOMES | |
dc.subject | PAYMENTS | |
dc.subject | PEOPLE | |
dc.subject | POLICIES | |
dc.subject | POLICY | |
dc.subject | POLICY DISCUSSIONS | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER | |
dc.subject | POLITICAL ECONOMY | |
dc.subject | POPULATION | |
dc.subject | POSTERS | |
dc.subject | POTENTIAL MIGRANTS | |
dc.subject | PREVIOUS RESULTS | |
dc.subject | PRIVATE SECTOR | |
dc.subject | PROGRESS | |
dc.subject | PROVISION OF INFORMATION | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC POLICY | |
dc.subject | REAL WAGES | |
dc.subject | RECEIPT | |
dc.subject | REMITTANCES | |
dc.subject | RICHER COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | RISK | |
dc.subject | RISKS | |
dc.subject | RURAL AREAS | |
dc.subject | SAVINGS | |
dc.subject | SEARCH COSTS | |
dc.subject | SEASONAL WORKERS | |
dc.subject | SECONDARY SCHOOL | |
dc.subject | SECONDARY SCHOOLING | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL SECURITY | |
dc.subject | SUBSIDY | |
dc.subject | SUPPLY | |
dc.subject | TEMPORARY MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | TEMPORARY WORKER | |
dc.subject | THEORY | |
dc.subject | TRANSPORTATION | |
dc.subject | UNEMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | URBAN AREAS | |
dc.subject | VALUE | |
dc.subject | VOCATIONAL TRAINING | |
dc.subject | WAGE RATES | |
dc.subject | WOMEN | |
dc.subject | WORK EXPERIENCE | |
dc.subject | WORKERS | |
dc.title | Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea | Jobs | |
okr.date.disclosure | 2013-11-01 | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18479589/unilateral-facilitation-not-raise-international-labor-migration-philippines | |
okr.globalpractice | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience | |
okr.globalpractice | Social Protection and Labor | |
okr.globalpractice | Finance and Markets | |
okr.globalpractice | Health, Nutrition, and Population | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-6689 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000158349_20131105160547 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 18479589 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS6689 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/11/05/000158349_20131105160547/Rendered/PDF/WPS6689.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | East Asia and Pacific | |
okr.region.country | Philippines | |
okr.topic | Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Access to Finance | |
okr.topic | Social Development :: Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement | |
okr.topic | Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Markets | |
okr.topic | Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Policies | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies | |
okr.unit | Finance and Private Sector Development Team, Development Research Group | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 | |
relation.isAuthorOfPublication | 148d6d6d-76e5-5d6f-9af9-98313e30551f | |
relation.isSeriesOfPublication | 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87 |
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