Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines

Beam, Emily; McKenzie, David; Yang, Dean

Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines

2013

Beam, Emily | McKenzie, David | Yang, Dean

Significant income gains from migrating from poorer to richer countries have motivated unilateral (source-country) policies facilitating labor emigration. However, their effectiveness is unknown. The authors conducted a large-scale randomized experiment in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. The most intensive treatment doubled the rate of job offers but had no identifiable effect on international labor migration. Even the highest overseas job-search rate that was induced (22 percent) falls far short of the share initially expressing interest in migrating (34 percent). The paper concludes that unilateral migration facilitation will at most induce a trickle, not a flood, of additional emigration.

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bank cooperation credit developing countries development economics economic development economic implications economics effects emigration exchange rate facilitation families finance financial institutions financing gender household income households human capital immigration incentives international bank investment knowledge labor labour loans management manpower microfinance migrants migration occupation organizations policies population private sector remittances risk rural areas savings social security supply transportation unemployment urban areas vocational training women workers

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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Demographic characteristics; Seasonal workers; Equilibrium unemployment; Provision of information; Educational attainment; Secondary schooling; Posters; Development policy; Work experience; Enrollment; Government policy; Job fairs; Job offers; Potential migrants; Human migration; Legal barriers; Payments; Interest; Temporary migration; Microfinance institution; Family obligations; Employer; Secondary school; Subsidy; Fee; Temporary worker; Labor migration; Behavioral sciences; Immigrants; International migration; Labor demand; Information system; International organization for migration; Innovations; Documentation requirements; Migrant; Policy; Public policy; Job search; Theory; Wage rates; Immigration policy; Risks; Policy discussions; Policy research; Financial markets; Value; Job opportunities; Cash remittances; Loan; Labor migrants; Informal economy; Attrition; Previous results; Receipt; Labor market; Migrant labor; Economic shocks; Migration policy; Political economy; Job offer; Outcomes; Micro-finance; Richer countries; Migration process; People; Minority; Fees; Inequality; Lender; Household; Minimum wages; Jobs; International migrant; Progress; Employers; Household characteristics; Asset ownership; Exchange rates; Extended family; Citizens; Financial constraints; Immigration policies; Real wages; Biases; Imperfect information; Search costs; Migrant-sending countries; Administrative records; Migrant remittances; Credit market; Job; Migrant worker; Emigrants; Internal migration; Policy research working paper; Benefits of migration; Household investments

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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6689http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/World BankCC BY 3.0 IGO

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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6689

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