Migration networks and microenterprises in Mexico

By Christopher Woodruff, R. Zenteno. 2007

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal (2009, background): “Woodruff and Zenteno (2007) 492 T H E W O R L D B A N K E C O N O M I C R E V I E W and McKenzie and Rapoport (2005) applied the identification strategies that use migrant networks as instruments for migration decisions in studies of migration in Mexico.”
Migration as adaptation strategy to cope with climate change: A study of farmers’ migration in rural India (2017, background): “…are required to strengthen the resilience of the home community (Conway and Cohen, 1998), increase its economic well-being (Adger et al., 2002) and provide access to resources that enrich its human, social and cultural capital (Woodruff and Zenteno, 2007, Massey et al., 1993; Taylor, 1999).”
Remittances, household expenditure and investment in Guatemala (2005, methodology): “This type of instrument has been used before in the literature by Woodruff and Zenteno (2007) for the case of Mexico.”
Remittances, schooling, and child labor in Mexico (2012, background): “Hanson and Woodruff (2003) and Woodruff and Zenteno (2007) have also emphasized the role that remittances may have in this sense.”
Financial development, remittances, and real exchange rate appreciation (2009, background): “Research shows that remittances can increase physical and human capital for recipient households (Cox Edwards and Ureta 2003; Woodruff and Zenteno 2007; Fajnzylber and Lopez 2008; Yang 2008) and can reduce overall poverty levels (Adams and Page 2005; Acosta et al. 2008).”
How Important is Selection? Experimental vs. Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration (2006, neutral): “Given the small size of Tonga, weather variation does not provide an instrument in our application - 35 - studies that use migration networks as an instrument (e.g. Woodruff and Zenteno, 2007, McKenzie and Rapoport, 2007).”
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Migration, Entrepreneurship and Social Capital (2012, neutral): “Woodruff and Zenteno (2007) find that migration networks help overcome capital constraints in Mexico.”
School Attendance, Child Labour, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador (2011, methodology): “Historical migration rates by state have been used as instruments for remittance receipts by Hanson and Woodruff (2003), Hildebrandt and McKenzie (2005), Lopez-Cordova (2005), McKenzie (2005a), and Woodruff and Zenteno (2007).”
Remittances, migration, and social development (2007, neutral): “Based on household data from southern Morocco, de Haas (2003) identified a sequence in which housing investments 17 Massey et al. 1998; Adams 1991; Taylor 1999; Woodruff and Zenteno 2007; de Haas 2006.”
The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Inequality in Ghana (2008, methodology): “Past research has found that migration networks are important in migration decisions and the receipt of remittances (e.g. Woodruff and Zenteno, 2007, Munshi, 2003).”