migration
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Improving land security enabled structural transformation in China
Insecure land property rights are an important constraint on migration, structural transformation, and productivity growth, as much as all other labour mobility barriers in China
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Understanding rural-urban migration in the developing world
How does encouraging rural-urban migration in the developing world impact welfare?
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Coming home to prosperity: How return migration promotes economic development
Evidence from Mexico shows how migrants can foster local economic development after returning to their countries of origin
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Hitting the jackpot: The high returns of a Malaysia visa lottery for Bangladeshi workers
International migration can be transformative for low-skilled workers and their families, and governments can play important roles to ease the visa intermediation process, lower upfront costs, and ensure safer migration
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Constraints to migration: Evidence from Comoros
A workfare programme increases migration by loosening households’ liquidity and risk constraints
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Skill-biased production makes high-skill workers more efficient in rich countries
Highly educated workers are relatively more productive in rich countries, largely due to a more skill-biased technological environment
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The impact of US deportation policy on gang activity in El Salvador
Deportation policies can inadvertently disseminate ideas and criminal networks between countries, unintentionally increasing migration back to the US
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The impact of information provision on women’s migration outcomes: Evidence from Indonesia
Providing information about the quality of placement agencies improves migration outcomes for job-seeking migrant women
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Push and pull factors: Evidence from international migration from Nepal
Liquidity restraints, conflict and demand for labour all play a role in pushing or pulling people to migrate to particular destinations