Do potential migrants internalise migrant rights in OECD host societies?

Michel Beine, Joël Machado and Ilse Ruyssen

No 2019-15, LISER Working Paper Series from Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

Abstract: This paper analyses how countries' provision of migrant rights affects potential migrants' destination choice. Combining data on bilateral migration desires from over 140 origin countries and data on migrant rights in 38 destination countries over the period 2007-2014, we find that potential migrants tend to favor destinations that are more open to the inclusion of immigrants into their society. In particular, better access to and conditions on the labour market, as well as access to nationality and to permanent residency significantly increase the perceived attractiveness of a destination country. These results are robust across different specifications and hold for subsamples of origin countries as well as of destinations. Moreover, some results vary across types of respondents. Educational opportunities for migrants, for instance, affect the migration desires of individuals aged 15 to 24 years, but less so of individuals in other age groups.

Keywords: Migration desires; Migrants' destination choice; Migrant rights; Quality of institutions; naturalization rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 O15 O57 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2019-12
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Journal Article: Do potential migrants internalize migrant rights in OECD host societies? (2020)
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