The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members: Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program
By John Gibson, David J. McKenzie, S. Stillman. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009
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Abstract We use a migration lottery program to overcome the double-selectivity problems posed by migration. We compare a wide range of outcomes for the remaining household members of Tongan emigrants with those of members of similar households who were unsuccessful in the lottery, with the policy rules determining which household members can move. Multiple hypothesis testing procedures are used to examine robustness. The overall impact on households left behind is largely negative in terms of resource availability, and both sources of selectivity matter, leading studies that fail to address them adequately to misrepresent the impact of migration on households.
Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science
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- The Impact of Immigration on International Trade: A Meta-Analysis (2011, background): “For the analysis of micro level evidence, e.g. whether the act of migration is an inducement to engage in international trade, one might even consider the impact of ‘true’ randomization where migrants are selected through ballots (e.g. Gibson et al. 2011).”
- Monopsony Power in Migrant Labor Markets: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates (2016, background): “In addition to the work on imperfect competition in labor markets, this paper contributes to the growing literature that considers the effects of international mobility on workers’ outcomes (see, e.g., McKenzie, Stillman, and Gibson 2010; Gibson, McKenzie, and Stillman 2011; Clemens 2013, 2016).”
- Why Don't Remittances Appear to Affect Growth? (2014, unknown): “Gibson, McKenzie, and Stillman (2011) find that for settler migrants from Tonga to New Zealand, the flow of remittances “does not compensate for the large reduction in labor earnings these households face.””
- The Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind (2012, background): “Similarly, Gibson et al. (2011a) find no statistically significant effects of migration on the physical or mental health of older adult household members left behind, but due to nature of the experiment, not all are parents of the migrant applicant.”