The Long-Term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery

John Gibson, David McKenzie, Halahingano Rohorua () and Steven Stillman
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Halahingano Rohorua: University of Waikato

No 9492, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We examine the long-term impacts of international migration by comparing immigrants who had successful ballot entries in a migration lottery program, and first moved almost a decade ago, with people who had unsuccessful entries into those same ballots. The long-term gain in income is found to be similar in magnitude to the gain in the first year, despite migrants upgrading their education and changing their locations and occupations. This results in large sustained benefits to their immediate family, who have substantially higher consumption, durable asset ownership, savings, and dietary diversity. In contrast we find no measureable impact on extended family.

Keywords: household well-being; assimilation; natural experiment; international migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2015-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev and nep-mig
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Published - published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32(1), 127-47

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Journal Article: The Long-term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery (2018)
Working Paper: The Long-Term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery (2015)
Working Paper: The long-term impacts of international migration: evidence from a lottery (2015)
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