TY - JOUR
T1 - Diaspora effects in international migration: Key questions and methodological issues
AU - Beine, Michel
AU - Docquier, Frédéric
AU - Ozden, Caglar
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - This paper reviews the existing literature on the impact of migrants networks on the patterns of international migration. It covers the theoretical channels at stake in the global effect of the networks. It identifies the key issues, namely the impact on size, selection and concentration of the migration flows. The paper also reviews the empirical hurdles that the researchers face in assessing the importance of networks. The key issues concern the choice of micro vs a macro approach, the definition of a network, the access to suitable data and the adoption of econometric methods accounting for the main features of those data. Finally, the paper reports a set of estimation outcomes reflecting the main findings of the macro approach.
AB - This paper reviews the existing literature on the impact of migrants networks on the patterns of international migration. It covers the theoretical channels at stake in the global effect of the networks. It identifies the key issues, namely the impact on size, selection and concentration of the migration flows. The paper also reviews the empirical hurdles that the researchers face in assessing the importance of networks. The key issues concern the choice of micro vs a macro approach, the definition of a network, the access to suitable data and the adoption of econometric methods accounting for the main features of those data. Finally, the paper reports a set of estimation outcomes reflecting the main findings of the macro approach.
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/diaspora-effects-international-migration-key-questions-methodological-issues
U2 - 10.1007/bf03399331
DO - 10.1007/bf03399331
M3 - Article
VL - 146
SP - 639
EP - 659
JO - Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
JF - Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
IS - 4
ER -