Unilateral facilitation does not raise international labor migration from the Philippines
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- Emily A. Beam & David McKenzie & Dean Yang, 2016. "Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 64(2), pages 323-368.
- David McKenzie & Emily Beam & Dean Yang, 2013. "Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines," CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1319, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London.
- Emily Beam & David McKenzie & Dean Yang, 2014. "Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines," NBER Working Papers 20759, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Emily Beam & David McKenzie & Dean Yang, 2013. "Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines," Working Papers id:5471, eSocialSciences.
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Population Policies; Labor Markets; Labor Policies; Access to Finance; Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement;JEL classification:
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2013-11-16 (Development)
- NEP-MIG-2013-11-16 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-SEA-2013-11-16 (South East Asia)
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