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Capital Markets, Temporary Migration and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Bangladesh

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  • Bossavie, Laurent
  • Goerlach, Joseph-Simon
  • Özden, ÇaÄŸlar
  • Wang, He

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This paper examines international temporary migration as an intermediary step among aspiring entrepreneurs to accumulate the needed capital when they face credit constraints at home. The analysis is based on a representative dataset of lifetime employment histories of return migrants from Bangladesh. After establishing the credit constraints that potential entrepreneurs face, the paper shows that non-agricultural self-employment rates are significantly higher among returning migrants – over half versus around 20% of non-migrants. Most migrants transition into self-employment by using their savings from abroad as the main source of financing. The paper then offers, for the first time, a detailed account of the financial costs and benefits of international migration. Our findings suggest that temporary migration can contribute to structural transformation of lower-income countries by enabling credit-constrained workers to enter into non-agricultural entrepreneurship.

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  • Bossavie, Laurent & Goerlach, Joseph-Simon & Özden, ÇaÄŸlar & Wang, He, 2023. "Capital Markets, Temporary Migration and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Bangladesh," CEPR Discussion Papers 18707, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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