回归国际移民:来自孟加拉国-马来西亚签证抽签的证据

IF 5.5 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

American Economic Journal-Applied Economics Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1257/app.20220258

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Iffath Sharif, Maheshwor Shrestha

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摘要

南亚人前往较富裕的亚洲国家是世界上最大的移民走廊。五年后，我们通过政府抽签的方式追踪申请人，随机分配签证给孟加拉国人，让他们在马来西亚签订临时劳动合同。大多数彩票中奖者会移民，移民的收入会增加两倍。他们的汇款提高了他们家庭在孟加拉国的生活水平。移民的缺席推迟了婚姻和生育，并将决策权转移给了女性。移民移除了具有创业精神的个体，降低了家庭创业精神，但没有挤占其他家庭成员的劳动力供给。对于子组，延迟迁移提供从未实现。他们在移民前对技能的投资在国内市场上没有任何回报。(j22, j24, j31, j24, j31, j82, j15)

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Returns to International Migration: Evidence from a Bangladesh-Malaysia Visa Lottery

South Asians traveling to richer Asian nations is the world's largest migration corridor. We track down applicants to a government lottery that randomly allocated visas to Bangladeshis for temporary labor contracts in Malaysia, five years later. Most lottery winners migrate, and migrants' earnings triple. Their remittance raises their family's standard of living in Bangladesh. The migrant's absence pauses marriage and childbirth and shifts decision-making power toward females. Migration removes enterprising individuals, lowering household entrepreneurship, but does not crowd out other family members' labor supply. A deferred migration offer never materialized for a subgroup. Their premigration investments in skills generate no returns in the domestic market. (JEL F22, F24, I31, J24, J31, J82, O15)

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American Economic Journal-Applied Economics ECONOMICS-

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9.10

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期刊介绍： American Economic Journal: Applied Economics publishes papers covering a range of topics in applied economics, with a focus on empirical microeconomic issues. In particular, we welcome papers on labor economics, development microeconomics, health, education, demography, empirical corporate finance, empirical studies of trade, and empirical behavioral economics.