Return migration and economic development: opportunities and challenges
Return migration and economic development: opportunities and challenges
This paper examines the role of return migration in economic development. It documents the various measures of return migration and their limitations. It discusses the impacts of return migration on entrepreneurship, investment, human capital accumulation, and the transfer of knowledge and norms. It also reviews the challenges and debates surrounding the contributions of return migration to the economic development of countries of origin.
Economic development, Entrepreneurship, Norms, Return migration
Wahba, Jackie
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6 November 2025
Wahba, Jackie
03ae9304-c329-40c6-9bfc-d91cfa9e7164
Abstract
This paper examines the role of return migration in economic development. It documents the various measures of return migration and their limitations. It discusses the impacts of return migration on entrepreneurship, investment, human capital accumulation, and the transfer of knowledge and norms. It also reviews the challenges and debates surrounding the contributions of return migration to the economic development of countries of origin.
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 October 2025
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 November 2025
Published date: 6 November 2025
Keywords:
Economic development, Entrepreneurship, Norms, Return migration
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Local EPrints ID: 506601
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/506601
ISSN: 0305-750X
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