South-South Migration: The Impact of Nicaraguan Immigrants on Earnings, Inequality and Poverty in Costa Rica

Thomas (Tim) Gindling

No 3279, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: More than half of those who emigrate from developing countries move to other developing countries, yet there have been few studies of the impact of this South-South migration. In this paper, we examine the impact of migration from one developing country, Nicaragua, on the labor market in another developing country, Costa Rica. We find little evidence to support the hypothesis that Nicaraguan migration to Costa Rica was an important factor contributing to falling earnings, increased inequality or stagnating poverty in Costa Rica.

Keywords: poverty; inequality; migration; Latin America; earnings; Costa Rica (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2008-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-int, nep-lab and nep-mig
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Published - published in: World Development, 2009, 37(1), 116-126

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