The Impact of Migration on Development in Developing Countries: A Review of the Empirical Literature

Andersson, Lisa; Siegel, Melissa

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“…Climate change and urbanization leads to increased population movements in many parts of the world (Kam et al, 2021; Zhang, 2015), and the impact of migration on ecosystems has become a relevant topic, in particular in developing countries (Montgomery, 2008; Li et al, 2016; Ghanem, 2018; Andersson and Siegel, 2020). One of the most recent studies used global population density datasets supported by mobile phone data to track population movements in China, concluding that rural outmigration caused a large carbon sink at the national scale of China (Zhang et al, 2022a).…”

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Rural outmigration generates a carbon sink in South China karst

Chang

Yue

Tong

et al. 2023

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

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China karst is a global hotspot of increasing vegetation cover, with ecological conservation projects being considered as the main driver. New research using global datasets also indicates that rural outmigration has contributed to increasing biomass at national scale. However, the link between rural outmigration and vegetation cover increase has not been established at regional scale, and it remains unclear as to whether increases in biomass do, in fact, improve the environmental conditions. In this study, we use local field and statistical data on population density and rocky desertification areas to study population movements and changes in aboveground biomass in relation to rocky desertification in South China karst during 2000–2017. Our results show that the urban population in this region increased by 8.3 million people between 2005 and 2015, and the rural population decreased by 4.8 million people. We find that aboveground biomass increased most in rural areas with low human pressure, and that there was an almost linear relationship between increase in biomass and rural outmigration, with the highest increase in aboveground biomass density (1.5 MgC ha−1 yr−1) observed in areas where rural outmigration was highest, and the lowest increase in aboveground biomass density (1.1 MgC ha−1 yr−1) where rural outmigration was lowest. Rocky desertification areas decreased with a higher level of rural outmigration. Using local field data, our study confirmed that rural outmigration can generate a carbon sink at regional scale by reducing rocky desertification.

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Rural outmigration generates a carbon sink in South China karst

Chang

Yue

Tong

et al. 2023

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

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“…The research on migration and its impact on social and economic development from the perspective of the country-donor of human resources and recipient of remittances mostly relies on the methods of indicative economic analysis and econometric modelling of the link between migration and economic growth (Andersson & Siegel, 2020;Dastidar, 2017;Siddique et al, 2012;Cooray, 2012;Faist, 2004;Fayissa & Nsiah, 2010;Tamasauskiene & Žičkienė, 2021). The research results confirm the causality between migration and social and economic development-the structural balancing of the labour market (equalization of supply and demand) (Hammer & Hertweck, 2022;Mosley & Singer, 2015;Gómez & Giráldez, 2017), improvement of households' material and financial situation (Přívara & Trnovský, 2021;Mondal & Khanam, 2018), development of the domestic consumer market (Jawaid & Raza, 2014;Kumar et al, 2018), increase in the investment capacity of economic sectors through capital investments in the form of remittances (Meyer & Shera, 2017;Ning, Molloy, Smith, & Wozniak, 2022;Orrenius & Zavodny, 2012;Becker & Ferrara, 2019).The results of the assessment of the causality between migration and the socio-economic development of Ukraine made it possible to identify a Grangercausality relationship in four lags.…”

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“…Meanwhile, most factors are proven to have both positive and negative impacts while they can have no relationship with the social and economic growth. Paying attention to the results of the current most relevant publications the problem of the course of migration, the change in their intensity, forms and consequences is the most addressed among the preconditions and challenges of economic growth (Andersson & Siegel, 2020;Dastidar, 2017).…”

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“…This factor undoubtedly encourages migration and the () same thing and capital abroad. Migration activity is sigmoidal (Levytska et al, 2020; and is larger if crises increase and volumes decrease or develop into permanent, discrete migration or into internal movements with further stabilization (Ogunniyi et al, 2020;Andersson et al, 2020). Therefore, it is important to consider this specificity precisely when resolving the most problematic aspects within the short-run lag in particular in the process of forming and implementing a proactive state policy.…”

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Social and economic development of Ukraine: Modelling the migration factor impact

Vasyltsiv¹,

Mulska²,

Osinska³

et al. 2022

EBR

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The paper aims to analyse the dependence of the economic and social development of Ukraine on migration factors (human resources and remittances) in the years 2002–2020. It proves the strength of the impact of human resources outflow and remittances on the labour market (employment) and other variables capturing the level of economic and social development. Based on the calculated social and economic development composite indicators the paper detects the migration gaps in the development of the economic system and social domain depending on the human resources outflow and remittances inflow. The results of the empirical research show a positive causal relationship between social development environments and migration and a mixed impact of the migration factor on economic system.

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“…Numerous studies in the field of migration research, especially at the beginning of 21st century, provided the formation of a significant theoretical and methodological basis for the laws of causes, factors of activation, and consequences of the influence of migration on both economic and social development. In particular, in terms of human resources outflow, the subject of analysis as often as possible (in addition to traditional changes in the labor-resource provision of the economy) is the impact on economic growth and human development [3], the pace of macroeconomic indicators [5], mobility and labor productivity [29; 41], changes in the qualification of the workforce and the growth of entrepreneurial capital [9], the formation of civil society and the elimination of corruption, barriers to business [10], improved the general institutional environment [11; 50].…”

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International Remittances, Human Resources Outflow & Economic Growth: Dynamic Regression Models

Mulska,

Vasyltsiv,

Voznyak

et al. 2024

Financial Engineering

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The article presents an econometric analysis of the impact and elasticity of human resources outflow and remittance with economic growth in Ukraine. It is proved that remittance (1) has a direct relationship with economic activity rate, (2) a cyclical and multiplicative relationship with the inflationary process, and (3) an indirect effect on capital investment. It has been established that migration favorably affects the financial well-being of households and is an effective measure for accumulating investment capital and savings. The trigger for economic growth in the vector of ‘migration – remittance’ is the development of the migration capital market by increasing the investment capacity of remittance’, ensuring the target remittance orientation to the small and medium-sized business sector, guaranteeing market stability (security of remittance) and developing financial inclusion.

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The Impact of Migration on Development in Developing Countries: A Review of the Empirical Literature

Cited by 4 publications

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Rural outmigration generates a carbon sink in South China karst

Rural outmigration generates a carbon sink in South China karst

Social and economic development of Ukraine: Modelling the migration factor impact

International Remittances, Human Resources Outflow & Economic Growth: Dynamic Regression Models

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