The long run effects of labor migration on human capital formation in communities of origin

Martine Mariotti
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Taryn Dinkelman

No 11134, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We provide new evidence of one channel through which circular labor migration has long run effects on origin communities: by raising completed human capital of the next generation. We estimate the net effects of migration from Malawi to South African mines using newly digitized Census and administrative data on access to mine jobs, a difference-in-differences strategy and two opposite-signed and plausibly exogenous shocks to the option to migrate. Twenty years after these shocks, human capital is 4.8-6.9% higher among cohorts who were eligible for schooling in communities with the easiest access to migrant jobs.

Keywords: Labor migration; Long run impacts; Human capital formation; Origin communities; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 F24 N37 O12 O15 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr, nep-gro and nep-mig
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Journal Article: The Long-Run Effects of Labor Migration on Human Capital Formation in Communities of Origin (2016)
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