Distortions in the international migrant labor market :evidence from Filipino migration and wage responses to destination country economic shocks (English)

The authors use an original panel dataset of migrant departures from the Philippines to identify the responsiveness of migrant numbers and wages to gross domestic product shocks in destination countries. They find a large significant elasticity of migrant numbers to gross domestic product shocks at destination, but no significant wage response. This is consistent with binding minimum wages for migrant labor. This result implies that labor market imperfections...

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Mckenzie,David J.;

Theoharides, Caroline;

Yang,Dean;
Document Date
2012/04/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6041
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Philippines,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2012/04/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Distortions in the international migrant labor market :evidence from Filipino migration and wage responses to destination country economic shocks
Keywords
destination country

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Mckenzie,David J.; Theoharides, Caroline; Yang,Dean.

Distortions in the international migrant labor market :evidence from Filipino migration and wage responses to destination country economic shocks (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6041 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/321261468294320873

Distortions in the international migrant labor market :evidence from Filipino migration and wage responses to destination country economic shocks (English)

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