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Migration: Global context, local impact
May 2019
Çağlar Özden and Soonhwa Yi
The World Bank
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Why migration?
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Why migration?
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answer
Source:
European Union:YouGov opinion polls, April 18-30 2018
United States: Gallup, Feb 1-10, 2018
Most important issues facing the United States and EU: Immigration
United States 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15
Britain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 39
France 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 41
Germany 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 43
Italy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 47
Spain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 26
Poland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 42
Denmark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 53
Sweden 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 49
Finland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 53
Lithuania 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 35
Greece 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 51
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Why migration?
Source: EU Neighbours east. 2018. Annual Survey Report, Moldova – 3rd Wave
(Spring 2018).
An increasingly pressing issue facing Moldova
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What do you consider to be the most pressing problems facing in your country? (% given the
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WHY ARE THERE SO MANY MIGRANTS?
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Trillion dollar gain:Wage increase upon immigration to the United States
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Nigeria
Haiti
Egypt
Vietnam
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Uganda
Ethiopia
Philippines
Peru
Brazil
Colombia
South Africa
Thailand
Turkey
Mexico
Argentina
Dominican Rep
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Demography is Destiny Global Labor Force is shifting towards Low-Income Countries
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Distance Diasporas
Linguistic OverlapViolence
Of course, there are many other factors shaping migration …
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ARE THERE REALLY THAT MANY MIGRANTS?
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Global Migrant Stocks since 1960…
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Global migrant stocks have not changed much since 1960 as share of world population
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Globalization over time – different metrics since 1960
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Yet, Moldova seen stocks of emigrants hovering around 20-27 percent of population (depending on definitions and year)
Source: Moldova Border Police Department (BPD). World Bank, United Nations.
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859.4
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973.6
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WHAT ARE THE OVERALL PATTERNS OF MIGRATION?
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Most migrants travel to neighboring countries.Only the high-skilled travel farther
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The pattern appears to hold for Moldovans.
Source: United Nations. 2017.
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WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS?
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Receiving countries: Immigration has a positive impact on overall wages but lowers the wages of those with substitutable skills
The impact of immigration across education groups
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Sending countries: Emigration and development – an inverse U relationship.
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Sending countries: High-skilled emigration can hurt sending countries, but diaspora externalities can offset the negative impact.
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WHAT MATTERS ARE THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS
EDUCATION INTEGRATION
GENDERINSTITUTIONS
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ISSUE #1: EDUCATIONMigrants are more educated than people left behind in origin countries.
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ISSUE #2: INTEGRATION Economic Integration determines the overall gains
Immigrant wage gaps since arrival by cohort
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Undocumented migrants hit a ceiling in terms of wages
Age-earnings profiles of immigrants and natives by legal status
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ISSUE #3 GENDER
Women Icons Award Ceremony
SINGAPORE
Filipino Maids
SINGAPORE
Filipino Students
MANILA
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ISSUE #4 INSTITUTIONSExit and voice can be complimentary in bringing political change (Mahmoud et al. 2014)
Source:Mahmoud et al (2014).
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#1: Data data data
#2: Disconnect between economics research and politics
#3: Policies cannot defeat market forces
#4: Focus on long term issues and quantify them
#5: Harass the World Bank/IMF/EBRD
CONCLUSION