Beam, EmilyMcKenzie, DavidYang, Dean2014-02-052014-02-052013-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16925Significant 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-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADMINISTRATIVE RECORDSASSET OWNERSHIPATTRITIONBANKBEHAVIORAL SCIENCESBENEFITS OF MIGRATIONBIASESCASH REMITTANCESCITIZENSCOOPERATIONCREDITCREDIT MARKETDEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC IMPLICATIONSECONOMIC SHOCKSECONOMICSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEFFECTSEMIGRANTSEMIGRATIONEMPLOYEREMPLOYERSENROLLMENTEQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENTEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATESEXTENDED FAMILYFACILITATIONFAMILIESFAMILY OBLIGATIONSFEEFEESFINANCEFINANCIAL CONSTRAINTSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL MARKETSFINANCINGGENDERGOVERNMENT POLICYHOUSEHOLDHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INVESTMENTSHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN MIGRATIONIMMIGRANTSIMMIGRATIONIMMIGRATION POLICIESIMMIGRATION POLICYIMPERFECT INFORMATIONINCENTIVESINEQUALITYINFORMAL ECONOMYINFORMATION SYSTEMINNOVATIONSINTERESTINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATIONINVESTMENTJOBJOB FAIRSJOB OFFERJOB OFFERSJOB OPPORTUNITIESJOB SEARCHJOBSKNOWLEDGELABORLABOR DEMANDLABOR MARKETLABOR MIGRANTSLABOR MIGRATIONLABOURLEGAL BARRIERSLENDERLOANLOANSMANAGEMENTMANPOWERMICRO-FINANCEMICROFINANCEMICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONMIGRANTMIGRANT LABORMIGRANT REMITTANCESMIGRANT WORKERMIGRANT-SENDING COUNTRIESMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMIGRATION POLICYMIGRATION PROCESSMINIMUM WAGESMINORITYOCCUPATIONORGANIZATIONSOUTCOMESPAYMENTSPEOPLEPOLICIESPOLICYPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOPULATIONPOSTERSPOTENTIAL MIGRANTSPREVIOUS RESULTSPRIVATE SECTORPROGRESSPROVISION OF INFORMATIONPUBLIC POLICYREAL WAGESRECEIPTREMITTANCESRICHER COUNTRIESRISKRISKSRURAL AREASSAVINGSSEARCH COSTSSEASONAL WORKERSSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSOCIAL SECURITYSUBSIDYSUPPLYTEMPORARY MIGRATIONTEMPORARY WORKERTHEORYTRANSPORTATIONUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASVALUEVOCATIONAL TRAININGWAGE RATESWOMENWORK EXPERIENCEWORKERSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6689