Causes of Immigration
General
Abreu, A., (2012), “The New Economics of Labor Migration:Beware of Neoclassicals Bearing Gifts”, Forum for Social Economics, Vol 41, No. 1, pp 46- . (Consider only pp 46-50.)
Belot, M. and S. Ederveen, (2012), “Cultural Barriers in Migration Between OECD Countries”, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 25, pp 1077-1105. (Consider only pp 1077-1078)
Bertoli, S.; J. Moraga and F, Ortega, (2013), “Crossing the border: Self-selection, earnings and individual migration decisions”, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 101, pp 75-91. (Consider only pp 75-76.)
Czaika, M. and H. De Haas, (2012), “The Role of Internal and International Relative Deprivation in Global Migration”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 423-442. (Consider only pp 423-426.)
Fafchamps, M. and F. Shilpi, (2013), “Determinants of the Choice of Migration Destination”, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 75, No. 3, pp 388-. (Consider only pp 388-389)
Jennissen, R., (2007), “Causality Chains in the International Migration Systems Approach”, Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 26, pp 411-436, (Consider only pp. 411-414.)
Massey, D. and K. Pren, (2012) “Unintended Consequences of US Immigration Policy: Explaining the Post-1965 Surge fro Latin America”, Population and Development Review, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp 1-29. (PUT ON RESERVE)
Mayda, A.M., (2010), “International migration: a panel data analysis of the determinants of bilateral flows”, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 23, 1249-1274.
Naude, W., (2010), “The Determinants of Migration from Sub-Saharan African Countries”, Journal of African Economies, vol. 19, no. 3, pp 330-356.
Pacheco, G. A.; S. Rossouw; J. Lewer, (2013) “Do Non-Economic Quality of Life Factors Drive Immigration?”, Social Indicators Reseasrch, No. 110, pp 1-15. (Consider only pp 1-4 and pp 13.)
Stark, O., (2006), “Inequality and Migration: a Behavioral link”, Economics Letters, Vol. 91, pp 146-192.
Latin America
Fussell, E,. (2010), “Cumulative Causation of International Migration in Latin America”, Annals of the Americal Academy of Political and Social Science, July, pp. 162-177.
Garip, Filiz, (2012), “Discovering Diverse Mechanisms of Migration The Mexico-US Stream 1970-2000”, Population and Development Review, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp 393-433. (Consider only pp 393-398 and pp. 426-427.)
King, M., (2007), “Even Gary Becker wouldn’t Call Them Altruists!, The Case of Mexican Migration: A Reply to Sana and Massey, SSQ June 2005”, Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 3, pp 898-907.
Africa
Konsiega, Adama, (2006), “Household Migration Decisions as Survival Strategy: The Case of Burkina Faso”, Journal of African Economies, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp 198-233. (PUT ON RESERVE)
Effects of Immigration
Impact of migration on wages
Aydemir, A. and G. Borjas, (2007), “Cross-Country Variation in the Impact of International Migration: Canada, Mexico, and the United States”, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp 663-708.
Biavaschi, C., (2013), “The labor demand was downward sloping: Disentangling migrants’ inflows and outflows 1929-1957”. Economics Letters, Vol. 118, pp 531-534. (Consider only pp 531.) (PUT ON RESERVE)
Dustmann, C.; A. Glitz; T. Frattini, (2008), “The labour market impact of immigration”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp 477-494.
Dustmann, C., Frattiani, T.; Ian Preston, (2013), “The Effect of Immigration along the Distribution of Wages”, Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 80, pp 145-173. (Consider only pp 145-147 and pp. 166.) (PUT ON RESERVE)
Hatton, T. and J. Williamson, (2008), “The Impact of Immigration: Comparing Two Global Eras”, World Development, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 345-361.
Ottaviano, G.; and G. Peri, (2012), “Rethinking the Effect of Immigration on Wages”, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp 152-197. See also the comments of David Card (pp 211-215) and C. Dustmann and I. Preston (pp. 216-219). (Consider only pp 152-156 and pp 191.)
Ottaviano, G.; G. Peri and G. Wright, (2013), “Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs”, American Economic Review, Vol. 103, No. 5, pp. 1925-1959. (Consider only pp 1925-1927 and pp 1954, 1955.)
Ruist, J. and A. Bigsten, (2013) “Wage Effects bof Labour Migration with International Capital Mobility”, The World Economy, pp 31-47. (Consider only pp 31-33 and pp 44-45.)
Smith, C. L., (2012), “The Impact of Low-Skilled Immigration on the Youth Labor Market”, Journal of Labor Economics, pp 55-87. (Consider only pp 55-58 and pp 82 and 84.)
Impact of migration on unemployment
Oh, J.; S. Lee and B. Kim, (2011), “The Impact of International Migration on Unemployment Rates in Urban America: Testing Different Theoretical Approaches”, Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 49-64. (Consider only pp 49-53)
Productivity Impact
Kenan, J., (2013), “Open Borders”, Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 16, pp L1-L13. (Consider only pp L12, L2 and L11.) (PUT ON RESERVE)
Peri, G., (2012), “Immigration, Labor Markets and Productivity”, Cato Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp 35-55 (A good overview)
Peri, G. (2012), “The effect of Immigration on Productivity: Evidence from U.S. States”, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp 348-358. (Consider only pp 348 and pp 357.)
Rowthorn, R. (2009), “Returns to Scale and Economic Impact of Migration: Some New Considerations”, Spatial Economic Analysis, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp 329-341. (Consider only Section 1, Introduction and Section 3, Discussion).
Taylor, J.E. and A. Lopez-Feldman, (2010) , “Does Migration Make Rural Households more Productive? Evidence from Mexico”, Journal of Development Studies, vol. 46, No. 1, pp 68-90.
Fiscal Impacts
Griswold, D., (2012), “Immigration and the Welfare State”, Cato Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp 159-171. (Consider only pp 163-169.) (PUT ON RESERVE)
Lee, Ronald, Miller, Timothy, (2000), “Immigration, Social Security, and Broader Fiscal Impacts”, American Economic Review, vol. 90, no. 2, (May 2000), pp. 350-354 (Electronic Reserve)
Growth Impact
Hanson, G., (2012), “Immigration and Economic Growth” Cato Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp 25-34. (A good overview) (Electronic Reserve)
Skeldon, R., (2008), “International Migration as a Tool in Development Policy: A Passing Phase?”, Population and Development Review, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp 1-18. (Electronic Reserve)
Other Impacts
Ashby, N. J., (2010), “Freedom and International Migration”, Southern Economic Journal, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 49-62.
Caplan, B. (2012), “Why Should We Restrict Immigration?”, Cato Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp 5-24. (A good overview)
Card, D., (2009), “Immigration and Inequality”, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, vol. 99, no. 2, pp 1-21.
Kondoh, K., (2006), “Transboundary Pollution and International Migration”, Review of International Migration, vol. 14, vol. 2, pp. 248-260.
Zahnhiser, S.; T. Hertz, P. Dixon and M. Rimmer, (2011), “Immigration Policy and its Possible Effects on U.S. Agriculture and the Market for Hired Farm Labor: A Simulation Analysis”,American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 94, No. 2, pp 477-482. (Consider only pp 477 and pp 481-482,)
From the perspective of sending countries
Economic Effects
Adams, R.; and J. Page, (2005), “Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?”, World Development, Vol. 33, No. 10, pp 1645-1669. (Consider only pp 1645-1647 and pp 1660) (PUT ON RESERVE)
Benassy, Jean-Pacal and Elise Brezis, (2013), “Brain Drain and Development Traps”, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 102, pp 15-22. (Consider only pp 15-16 and pp 21.) (PUT ON RESERVE.)
Cattaneo, C., (2009), “International Migration, the Brain Drain and Poverty: A Cross-contry Analysis”, The World Economy, pp, 1180- 1202.
Chen, H. (2006), “International migration and economic growth; a source country perspective”, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 19, pp. 725-748.
Djiofack, Calvin ; Eric Djimeu and Matthieu Boussichas, (2013), “Impact of qualified Worker Emigration on Poverty: A Micro-Simulation Approach for an African Economy”, Journal of African Economies, Vol. 23, No. 1 pp 1-52. (Consider only pp 1-3 and 41.) (PUT ON RESERVE)
Mendola. M., (2008). “Migration and technological change in rural households: Complements or substitutes?” Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 85, pp 150-175. (PUT ON RESERVE)
Taylor, J. E.; A. Lopez-Feldman, (2010), “Does Migration Make Rural Households More Productive? Evidence from Mexico”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp 68-90. (PUT ON RESERVE)
Yabuuchi, S.; and S.Chaudhuri, (2007), “International migration of labour and skilled-unskilled wage inequality in a developing country”, Economic Modelling, Vol. 24, pp 128-137.
Remittances to Sending Countries
Faini, R., (2007), “Remittances and the Brain Drain: Do More Skilled Migrants Remit More?”, World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp 177-191. (Consider only pp 177-179 and pp 189.)
Garip, F. (2012), Repeat Migration and Remittances as Mechanisms for Wealthy Inequality in 119 Communities From Mexican Migration Project Data, Demography, Vol. 49, pp 1335-1360. (Consider only pp 1335-1338.)
Osili, Una, (2007), “Remittances and Savings from international migration: Theory and evidence using a matched sample”, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 83, pp 446-465. (PUT ON RESERVE)
Semyanov, M. and A. Gorodzeisky, (2008), “Labor Migration, Remittances and Economic Well-being of Households in the Philippines”, Population Research and Policy Review, Vol 27, pp 619-637. (Consider only pp. 619-621 and pp. 634-635.)
van Dalen, G. Groenewold an T. Fokkema, (2005), “The effect of remittances on emigration intentions in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey”, Population Studies, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp 375-392. (Consider only pp. 375-378 and pp. 390-391.)
Yang, D., (2008), “International Remittances and Household Investment: Evidence from Philippine Migrants’ Exchange Rate Shocks”, The Economic Journal, Vol. 118, pp 591-630. (Consider only pp 591-595 and pp. 625-626.)
Human Capital Formation in Sending Countries
Acosta, P., (2011), “School Attendance, Child Labor, and Remittances from International Migration in El Salvador”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp913-936.
Antaman, F., (2011), “International Migration and Gender discrimination among Children Left Behind”, American Economic Review, Vol. 101, No. 3, pp 645-649. (Consider only pp 6450.)
Ben-David, D., (2009), “Soaring Minds: The Flight of Israel’s Economists”, Contemporary Economic Policy, pp363-379. (Consider only pp 363-367 and pp. 375-377.)
Benassy, J. and E. Brezis, “Brain Drain and Development Traps”, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 102, pp 15-22. (Consider only pp 15-16)
Chen, H., (2009), “A Brain Gain or a Brain Drain?, Migration Endogenous Fertility, and Human Capital Formation”, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 766-782.
de la Croix, D. and F. Dosquier, (2012), “Do brain drain and poverty result from coordination failures”, Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 17, pp 1-26. (Consider only pp 1-3)
Contreras, Salvador, (2013), “The Influence of Migration on Human Capital Development”, International Economic Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp 365-384. (Consider only pp 365-367 and pp 382,) (PUT ON RESERVE)
Docquier, F. and H. Rappaport, (2012), “Globalization, Brain Drain, and Development”, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp 681-730. (Consider only pp 681-684 and pp. 725-726.)
Dumont, J. and G. Lemaitre, (2005), “Beyond the Headlines : New Evidence of the Brain Drain”, Revue economique, Vol. 56, No. 6, pp 1275-1300. (Consider only pp.1276-1277 and pp1295-1296)
Lien, D. and Yan Wang, (2005), “Brain drain versus brain gain: A revisit”, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 18, pp 153-163. (Consider only Section 1, Introduction and Section 8, Conclusion.)
Robles, V. and R. Oropesa, (2011), “International Migration and the Education of Children”. Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 30, pp 591-618. (Consider only pp 591-592)
Stark, Oded, (2004), “Rethinking the Brain Drain”, World Development, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp 15-22. (PUT ON RESERVE)
Migration and Unemployment
Fan, S. and Stark, O., (2007), “International migration and “educated unemployment”, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 83, pp 76-87. (Consider only pp 76-77 and 86)
Fan, S. and Stark, O., (2007), “The brain drain, ‘educated unemployment’, human capital formation and economic betterment”, Economics of Transition, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp 629-660. (Consider only pp 630-631 and pp 652-654.)
Stark, O. and S. Fan, (2011), “The Prospect of Migration, Sticky Wages, and “Educated Unemployment”, Review of International Economics, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp 277-287. (Consider only pp 277-278, Introduction and pp 284-285, Conclusion.)