A Reappraisal of the Migration-Development Nexus : Testing the Robustness of the Migration Transition Hypothesis (English)

This paper tests the migration transition hypothesis that emigration flows first increase and later decrease with a country’s economic development. Using a migration version of the gravity model, this hypothesis is tested on a global panel data set comprising 180 origin and destination countries and a 50-year timeframe (1970-2020). This is the most extensive panel data set used so far to test the migration transition hypothesis. The results confirm...

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Berthiaume,Nicolas;

Leefmans,Naomi;

Oomes,Nienke;

Rojas Romagosa,Hugo Alexander;

Vervliet,Tobias;
Document Date
2021/01/20
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS9518
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2021/01/20
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Disclosed
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A Reappraisal of the Migration-Development Nexus : Testing the Robustness of the Migration Transition Hypothesis
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Berthiaume,Nicolas; Leefmans,Naomi; Oomes,Nienke; Rojas Romagosa,Hugo Alexander; Vervliet,Tobias.

A Reappraisal of the Migration-Development Nexus : Testing the Robustness of the Migration Transition Hypothesis (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9518 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/786201611170919983

A Reappraisal of the Migration-Development Nexus : Testing the Robustness of the Migration Transition Hypothesis (English)

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