Poverty and International Migration
Title | Poverty and International Migration PDF eBook |
Author | Şebnem Eroğlu |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 2022-10-03 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1447365747 |
International migration is a life-changing process, but do the migrants and their families fare economically better than those who stayed behind? Drawing on the largest database available on labour migration to Europe, this book seeks to shed light upon this question through an exploration of poverty outcomes for three generations of settler migrants spanning multiple European destinations, as compared with their returnee and stayer counterparts living in Turkey. As well as documenting generational trends, it investigates the transmission of poverty onto the younger generations. With its unique multi-site and intergenerational perspective, the book provides a rare insight into the economic consequences of international migration for migrants and their descendants.
Poverty, International Migration and Asylum
Title | Poverty, International Migration and Asylum PDF eBook |
Author | G. Borjas |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 445 |
Release | 2005-03-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 023052253X |
This book examines the economic consequences of immigration and asylum migration, it focuses on the economic consequences of legal and illegal immigration as well as placing the study of immigration in a global context.
Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets
Title | Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets PDF eBook |
Author | The World Bank |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | |
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ISBN | 1464812829 |
International Migration, Remittances, and Poverty in Developing Countries
Title | International Migration, Remittances, and Poverty in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Richard H. Adams |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | 38 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Developing countries |
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Few studies have examined the impact of international migration and remittances on poverty in a broad cross-section of developing countries. The authors try to fill this gap by constructing a new data set on poverty, international migration, and remittances for 74 low- and middle-income developing countries. Four key findings emerge: 1) International migration-defined as the share of a country's population living abroad-has a strong, statistical impact in reducing poverty. On average, a 10 percent increase in the share of international migrants in a country's population will lead to a 1.9 percent decline in the share of people living in poverty ($1.00 a person a day). 2) Distance to a major labor-receiving region-like the United States or OECD (Europe)-has an important effect on international migration. Developing countries that are located closest to the United States or OECD (Europe) are also those countries with the highest rates of migration. 3) An inverted U-shaped curve exists between the level of country per capita income and international migration. Developing countries with low or high per capita GDP produce smaller shares of international migrants than do middle-income developing countries. The authors find no evidence that developing countries with higher levels of poverty produce more migrants. Because of considerable travel costs associated with international migration, international migrants come from those income groups which are just above the poverty line in middle-income developing countries. 4) International remittances-defined as the share of remittances in country GDP-have a strong, statistical impact in reducing poverty. On average, a 10 percent increase in the share of international remittances in a country's GDP will lead to a 1.6 percent decline in the share of people living in poverty.
Migration and Poverty
Title | Migration and Poverty PDF eBook |
Author | Edmundo Murrugarra |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | 178 |
Release | 2010-11-24 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0821384376 |
This volume uses recent research from the World Bank to document and analyze the bidirectional relationship between poverty and migration in developing countries. The case studies chapters compiled in this book (from Tanzania, Nepal, Albania and Nicaragua), as well as the last, policy-oriented chapter illustrate the diversity of migration experience and tackle the complicated nexus between migration and poverty reduction. Two main messages emerge: Although evidence indicates that migration reduces poverty, it also shows that migration opportunities of the poor differ from that of the rest. In general, the evidence suggests that the poor either migrate less or migrate to low return destinations. As a consequence, many developing countries are not maximizing the poverty-reducing potential of migration. The main reason behind this outcome is difficulties in access to remunerative migration opportunities and the high costs associated with migrating. It is shown, for example, that reducing migration costs makes migration more pro-poor. The volume shows that developing countries governments are not without means to improve this situation. Several of the country examples offer a few policy recommendations towards this end.
Poverty and International Migration
Title | Poverty and International Migration PDF eBook |
Author | Sebnem Eroglu |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | Emigration and immigration |
ISBN | 9781447365761 |
Drawing on the largest database available on labour migration to Europe, this book examines the poverty outcomes for three generations of settler migrants spanning multiple European destinations, as compared with their returnee and stayer counterparts living in Turkey.
International Migration, Remittances, and Poverty in Developing Countries
Title | International Migration, Remittances, and Poverty in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | John Page |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 38 |
Release | 2016 |
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Few studies have examined the impact of international migration and remittances on poverty in a broad cross-section of developing countries. Adams and Page try to fill this gap by constructing a new data set on poverty, international migration, and remittances for 74 low- and middle-income developing countries. Four key findings emerge:- International migration - defined as the share of a country's population living abroad - has a strong, statistical impact in reducing poverty. On average, a 10 percent increase in the share of international migrants in a country's population will lead to a 1.9 percent decline in the share of people living in poverty ($1.00 a person a day).- Distance to a major labor-receiving region - like the United States or OECD (Europe) - has an important effect on international migration. Developing countries that are located closest to the United States or OECD (Europe) are also those countries with the highest rates of migration.- An inverted U-shaped curve exists between the level of country per capita income and international migration. Developing countries with low or high per capita GDP produce smaller shares of international migrants than do middle-income developing countries. The authors find no evidence that developing countries with higher levels of poverty produce more migrants. Because of considerable travel costs associated with international migration, international migrants come from those income groups which are just above the poverty line in middle-income developing countries.- International remittances - defined as the share of remittances in country GDP - have a strong, statistical impact in reducing poverty. On average, a 10 percent increase in the share of international remittances in a country's GDP will lead to a 1.6 percent decline in the share of people living in poverty.This paper - a product of the Poverty Reduction Group, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network - is part of a larger effort in the network to understand better how international migration and remittances affect poverty in developing countries.