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 …

The economic causes and effects of migration from developing countries depend on
patterns of self-selection that are difficult to observe. We estimate the degree of migrant self …

Many governments seek to reduce emigration from low-income countries by encouraging
economic development there. A large literature, however, observes that average emigration …

This study proposes a model of migration with liquidity constraints and empirically examines
the impacts of credit access on migration using data from a randomized control trial for a …

Will the fast expansion of cash-based programming in poor countries increase international
migration? Theoretically, cash transfers may deter migration by increasing its opportunity …

Temporary migration is widespread globally. While the literature has traditionally focused on
the impacts of permanent migration on destination countries, evidence on the effects of …

A key feature of migration in the late 19th and early 20th century is that many migrants
returned to Europe after a few years in the United States. A common view is that most …

New survey data from Bangladesh provide direct evidence that temporary migration is an
effective strategy for workers to accumulate capital and finance self-employment activities …

The paths of many migrants include multiple destinations and transit routes, yet this pattern
is almost never reflected in empirical analyses. For example, 9% of recent immigrants to the …

We use 20 years of Italian administrative panel data to identify the role of ability in migration
from south to north. Using a novel iterative estimation method for a switching regression …