This paper presents a critical survey of theories of migration, their welfare and policy
implications and their empirical relevance. We also develop some extensions to the theory …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the relationship between remittances and
various dimensions of social development in the developing world within a broader …

Many migrations are temporary—a fact that has often been ignored in the economic
literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected migration …

In the past few years there has been a remarkable renaissance of interest in remittances.
This interest has undoubtedly been triggered by a striking increase in the levels of …

Page 1 EE International Migration and Economic Development Lessons from Low-Income
Countries K K EGDI EXPERT GROUP ON DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Robert EB Lucas Page …

Summary Return migration The European experience Labour immigration contributed
strongly to Europe–s post-war economic development. In contrast to migration to North …

This article explores the factors that account for variation in remittance flows. Why do some
immigrants send much more money to their country of origin than others? This is a question …

This paper presents a life-cycle model where migrants determine re-migration and
consumption simultaneously in a stochastic environment. Whether precautionary savings of …

This paper evaluates the global welfare impact of observed levels of migration using a
quantitative multi-sector model of the world economy calibrated to aggregate and firm-level …

This paper distinguishes between target-earnings and life cycle motivations for return
migration by examining how Philippine migrants' return decisions respond to major …