Best Practices to Reduce Migration Pressures

Martin, Philip; Straubhaar, Thomas

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“…What could fill the hole? Martin and Straubhaar (2002) We have a range of macro studies showing strong evidence of a tendency for emigration stocks and flows to be higher among developing countries that are progressively richer in cross-section, though many of these do not test for the decline in the right half of the inverted-U. There is no evidence that emigration rates tend to fall as countries get richer, until they are above an income per capital PPP$7,000-8,000.…”

Section: Is There a Micro-macro Conundrum?mentioning

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Does development reduce migration?

Clemens¹

2014

International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the course of a "mobility transition", emigration generally rises with economic development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility transition in every decade since 1960. It then briefly surveys 45 years of research, which has yielded six classes of theory to explain the mobility transition and numerous tests of its existence and characteristics in both macro-and micro-level data. The note concludes by suggesting five questions that require further study. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYMany aid packages and trade deals for poor countries seek to reduce migration pressure from those countries. But the latest data and a half-century of research suggest that as typical poor countries grow, emigration pressure actually rises. Migration pressure only typically falls when they grow past upper-middle-income status. In poor countries, more development means more migration, not less. Policies to foster development may thus be most effective when paired with policies to accommodate mobility. This note reviews what economists know and what they do not know about the effect of development on international migration. I begin by summarizing the conventional wisdom, in the policy worlds of aid and trade diplomacy, that economic development swiftly creates conditions that deter emigration. I then summarize the basic facts about the observed association between economic development and emigration, in the best and most recent data we have. These show a clear and pronounced inverted-U relationship,

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Section: Is There a Micro-macro Conundrum?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Does development reduce migration?

Clemens¹

2014

International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development

112

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“…3 We realise that several other theoretical and methodological approaches exist in the literature on migration and development. In addition to the 'New Economics of Labour Migration' approach mentioned above, these include migration systems theory (Kritz et al 1992); Appleyard's trilogy on emigration dynamics (Appleyard 1998), as well as work by African and Asian scholars: (Abella 1993;Adepoju 2000;Aguilar 1999;Go, 1998;Gonzalez 1998) and the work of Philip Martin (Martin 1991;Martin and Straubhaar 2002;Martin and Taylor 2001). The theory of the migration transition is worth examining here too (Amjad 1996;Lim 1996;Zelinsky 1971).…”

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The Dynamics of International Migration and Settlement in Europe : A State of the Art

Penninx¹,

Berger²,

Kraal³

2006

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IMISCOE is a European Commission-funded Network of Excellence of more than 350 scientists from various research institutes that specialise in migration and integration issues in Europe. These researchers, who come from all branches of the economic and social sciences, the humanities and law, implement an integrated, multidisciplinary and internationally comparative research program that focuses on Europe's migration and integration challenges.Within the program, existing research is integrated and new research lines are developed that involve issues crucial to European-level policy making and provide a theory-based design to implement new research.The publication program of IMISCOE is based on five distinct publication profiles, designed to make its research and results available to scientists, policymakers and the public at large. High-quality manuscripts written by IMISCOE members, or in cooperation with IMISCOE

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“…The bulk of research at the international level centers on economic conditions and suggests that world level economic control is the basis of most national migration policies (Martin & Straubhaar, 2002;. Martin and Straubhaar (2002) explore a two part practice model that maximizes remittance payoffs and encourages migrants to return home to develop the economy in his/her native country.…”

Section: International Factors As Influences Of Immigration Policymentioning

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“…Martin and Straubhaar (2002) explore a two part practice model that maximizes remittance payoffs and encourages migrants to return home to develop the economy in his/her native country. Under this plan, countries with higher levels of immigration explore policies that focus on trade, investment, and aid to reduce emigration out of developing and underdeveloped nations.…”

Section: International Factors As Influences Of Immigration Policymentioning

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“…Aid helps in strengthening the economy in developing and underdeveloped nations, boosting employment, and increasing investment. Simultaneously, Martin and Straubhaar (2002) suggest using the three R's of recruitment, remittance, and returns in immigrant receiving countries to boost the economy and increase jobs. Recruitment involves actively seeking workers, as needed by the labor market of the host country, to fill open skilled and unskilled positions.…”

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Best Practices to Reduce Migration Pressures

Cited by 26 publications

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Does development reduce migration?

Does development reduce migration?

The Dynamics of International Migration and Settlement in Europe : A State of the Art

A proposed evolution of immigration model applied to the United States, Germany, and Russia.

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