Should we stay or should we go? Irregular migration and duration of stay: The case of Moldovan migrants

Daniela Borodak () and Ariane Tichit ()
Additional contact information
Daniela Borodak: France Business School - France Business School - France Business School

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: This article analyses the link between irregular migration and duration of stay, using household and regional development data from Moldova by running a duration model. Our principal result is that the total duration of migration to a foreign country is the same for regular and irregular migrants. On the other hand the duration of each migration episode is statistically longer for irregular migrants. This means that irregular migrants move less. In addition the duration of migration is mainly determined by individual and household characteristics, and by migration monetary costs. The article, like an increasing number of migration literature papers arriving at the same conclusions, contributes further to the argument for defining more effective and coherent migration policies.

Keywords: international migration; duration model; irregular migration; Moldova (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Published in Migration Studies, 2013, pp.1-33

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
Working Paper: Should we stay or should we go? Irregular migration and duration of stay: the case of Moldovan migrants (2012)
Working Paper: Should we stay or should we go? Irregular migration and duration of stay: the case of Moldovan migrants (2012)
Working Paper: Should we stay or should we go? Irregular migration and duration of stay: the case of Moldovan migrants (2009)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00879634

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().