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 (GDP) shocks in destination countries. The authors find a large, significant response of migrant numbers to GDP 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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2014/04/01
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2014/12/05
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Distortions in the international migrant labor market : evidence from Filipino migration and wage responses to destination country economic shocks
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minimum wage
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