The long-term impacts of international migration: evidence from a lottery

John Gibson, David McKenzie, Halahingano Rohorua and Steven Stillman

No 7495, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This study examines 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 the migrants? immediate family, who have substantially higher consumption, durable asset ownership, savings, and dietary diversity. In contrast, the study finds no measureable impact on extended family.

Keywords: Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Population Policies; Remittances; Anthropology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-11-16
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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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