Death scares : how potential work-migrants infer mortality rates from migrant deaths (English)

This paper studies how potential work migrants infer mortality rates from incidents of migrant deaths. In the context of migrant workers from Nepal to Malaysia and the Persian Gulf countries, the study finds that the death of a migrant from a district lowers migration outflows in subsequent months. Furthermore, this migration response is stronger when there have been more migrant deaths in recent months. Using relevant elasticities, this study finds...

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Shrestha,Maheshwor;
Document Date
2017/01/23
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7946
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Malaysia, Nepal, World,
Region
South Asia, Other, East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2017/01/23
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Death scares : how potential work-migrants infer mortality rates from migrant deaths
Keywords
migrant

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Shrestha,Maheshwor.

Death scares : how potential work-migrants infer mortality rates from migrant deaths (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7946 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/107041485189637717

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