International Migration, Economic Development and Policy Book

Foreword     xi
Contributors     xiii
Acknowledgments     xv
Abbreviations     xvii
Overview   Caglar Ozden   Maurice Schiff     1
Global Migration Database
Quantifying International Migration: A Database of Bilateral Migrant Stocks   Christopher R. Parsons   Ronald Skeldon   Terrie L. Walmsley   L. Alan Winters     17
Impact on Development
The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital: Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys   Pablo Acosta   Pablo Fajnzylber   J. Humberto Lopez     59
Does Work Migration Spur Investment in Origin Communities? Entrepreneurship, Schooling, and Child Health in Rural Pakistan   Ghazala Mansuri     99
Entrepreneurship, Labor Markets, and International Remittances: Evidence from El Salvador   Pablo Acosta     141
The Demographic Benefit of International Migration: A Hypothesis and Its Application to Middle Eastern and North African Contexts   Philippe Fargues     161
Host Country Policy Effects
Immigration Incentives and Policy in Switzerland   Dominique M. Gross     183
The Impact of an Ex-Ante Job Offer Requirement on Labor Migration: The New Zealand-Tongan Experience   John Gibson   David McKenzie     215
Return Migration
Returns to Overseas Work Experience: The Case of Egypt   Jackline Wahba     235
Foreign-Born Migration to and from Norway   Bernt Bratsberg   Oddbjorn Raaum   Kjetil Sorlie     259
Index     291