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AU - Sasin, Marcin J.
AU - McKenzie, David
AU - Sasin, Marcin J.
TI -
Migration, remittances, poverty, and human capital
conceptual and empirical challenges
PB - The World Bank
KW - Government policies
KW - Health Monitoring and Evaluation
KW - Health, Nutrition and Population
KW - Human Capital
KW - Impact of migration
KW - International migration
KW - Migration
KW - Migration data
KW - Policy Research
KW - Policy Research Working Paper
KW - Population Policies
KW - Practitioners
KW - Remittances
PY - 2007
N2 - This paper reviews common challenges faced by researchers interested in measuring the impact of migration and remittances on income, poverty, inequality, and human capital (or, in general, "welfare") as well as difficulties confronting development practitioners in converting this research into policy advice. On the analytical side, the paper discusses the proper formulation of a research question, the choice of the analytical tools, as well as the interpretation of the results in the presence of pervasive endogeneity in all decisions surrounding migration. Particular attention is given to the use of instrumental variables in migration research. On the policy side, the paper argues that the private nature of migration and remittances implies a need to carefully spell out the rationale for interventions. It also notices the lack of good migration data and proper evaluations of migration-related government policies. The paper focuses mainly on microeconomic evidence about international migration, but much of the discussion extends to other settings as well
CY - Washington, D.C
UR - http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2
ER -