Return migration and economic development
Return migration and economic development
This chapter reviews the economics literature on return migration. It begins by documenting the extent of return migration and shows that it is far from negligible. It discusses the data challenges and the methodological hurdles in measuring return migration and tackling the double selectivity associated with the initial emigration and with the return. The chapter also provides a coherent framework on the determinants of return migration reviewing both the theoretical and empirical literature. Focusing then on the role played by returnees in the economic development of their country of origin, this chapter draws together the small scattered literature on the contribution of return migration in reducing credit constraints, allowing for brain circulation and gains, and transmitting of norms to sending economies. Yet, it underscores the great need for better data measuring and capturing return migration.
Wahba, Jackline
03ae9304-c329-40c6-9bfc-d91cfa9e7164
2014
Wahba, Jackline
03ae9304-c329-40c6-9bfc-d91cfa9e7164
Wahba, Jackline
(2014)
Return migration and economic development.
In,
Lucas, Robert E.B.
(ed.)
International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development.
Cheltenham, GB.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
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This chapter reviews the economics literature on return migration. It begins by documenting the extent of return migration and shows that it is far from negligible. It discusses the data challenges and the methodological hurdles in measuring return migration and tackling the double selectivity associated with the initial emigration and with the return. The chapter also provides a coherent framework on the determinants of return migration reviewing both the theoretical and empirical literature. Focusing then on the role played by returnees in the economic development of their country of origin, this chapter draws together the small scattered literature on the contribution of return migration in reducing credit constraints, allowing for brain circulation and gains, and transmitting of norms to sending economies. Yet, it underscores the great need for better data measuring and capturing return migration.
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