Diasporas

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frederic; Ozden, Caglar

dc.creator	Beine, Michel
dc.creator	Docquier, Frederic
dc.creator	Ozden, Caglar
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:11:18Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:11:18Z
dc.date	2009-07-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:10:35Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:10:35Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090701160446
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4176
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/245213
dc.description	Migration flows are shaped by a complex combination of self-selection and out-selection mechanisms. In this paper, the authors analyze how existing diasporas (the stock of people born in a country and living in another one) affect the size and human-capital structure of current migration flows. The analysis exploits a bilateral data set on international migration by educational attainment from 195 countries to 30 developed countries in 1990 and 2000. Based on simple micro-foundations and controlling for various determinants of migration, the analysis finds that diasporas increase migration flows, lower the average educational level and lead to higher concentration of low-skill migrants. Interestingly, diasporas explain the majority of the variability of migration flows and selection. This suggests that, without changing the generosity of family reunion programs, education-based selection rules are likely to have a moderate impact. The results are highly robust to the econometric techniques, accounting for the large proportion of zeros and endogeneity problems.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4984,Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABUSE
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	ASIAN WORKERS
dc.subject	BILATERAL IMMIGRATION
dc.subject	BRAIN DRAIN
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CITIZENSHIP
dc.subject	COUNTRY PAIR
dc.subject	COUNTRY PAIRS
dc.subject	DETERMINANTS OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DIASPORA
dc.subject	ECONOMIC MIGRATION
dc.subject	ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	EMIGRANTS
dc.subject	EMIGRATION
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject	ETHNIC DIVERSITY
dc.subject	ETHNICITY
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	HOST COUNTRIES
dc.subject	HOST COUNTRY
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	IMMIGRANT
dc.subject	IMMIGRANTS
dc.subject	IMMIGRATION
dc.subject	IMMIGRATION POLICIES
dc.subject	IMMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANT DIASPORAS
dc.subject	MIGRANT STOCK
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MIGRATION COSTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION DATA
dc.subject	MIGRATION DECISIONS
dc.subject	MIGRATION FLOWS
dc.subject	MIGRATION POLICIES
dc.subject	MIGRATION PROCESS
dc.subject	MINORITY
dc.subject	MOBILITY
dc.subject	NATIONAL BORDERS
dc.subject	NATIVE POPULATION
dc.subject	NORTH MIGRATION
dc.subject	NUMBER OF EMIGRANTS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subject	PEACE
dc.subject	PERCENT OF IMMIGRANTS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	POPULATION SIZE
dc.subject	POTENTIAL MIGRANT
dc.subject	POTENTIAL MIGRANTS
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PUSH FACTOR
dc.subject	PUSH FACTORS
dc.subject	REFUGEE
dc.subject	REFUGEES
dc.subject	RELIGION
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	ROLE OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION
dc.subject	SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICY
dc.subject	SKILL COMPOSITION
dc.subject	SKILL LEVEL
dc.subject	SKILL LEVELS
dc.subject	SKILLED EMIGRANTS
dc.subject	SKILLED MIGRANTS
dc.subject	SKILLED MIGRATION
dc.subject	SKILLED PEOPLE
dc.subject	SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	SOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subject	SOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subject	SOCIOLOGY
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	TYPES OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION
dc.subject	VISAS
dc.subject	WAR
dc.subject	WARS
dc.subject	WELFARE STATE
dc.title	Diasporas
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region