We use the 1990 and 2000 Mexican and US population censuses to test Borjas's negative-
selection hypothesis that the less skilled are those most likely to migrate from countries with
high skill premia/earnings inequality to countries with low skill premia/earnings inequality.
We find that Mexican immigrants in the United States are more educated than nonmigrants
in Mexico; and were Mexican immigrants to be paid according to current skill prices in
Mexico, they would be concentrated in the middle of Mexico's wage distribution. These …

How do households respond to overseas members' economic shocks? Overseas Filipinos in
dozens of countries experienced sudden, heterogeneous changes in exchange rates during
the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Appreciation of a migrant's currency against the Philippine
peso leads to increases in household remittances from overseas. The estimated elasticity of
Philippine‐peso remittances with respect to the exchange rate is 0.60. Positive migrant
shocks lead to enhanced human capital accumulation and entrepreneurship in origin …

The debate on international South–North labour migration tends to focus on the receiving
end of migration. This bias obscures a proper understanding of the developmental causes
and consequences of migration at the sending end. The reciprocal migration–development
relationship is examined through the discussion of seven migration 'myths'. Because of its
profound developmental roots, it is useless to think that migration can be halted or that aid
and trade are short-cut 'solutions' to immigration. Migrant remittances contribute significantly …

International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has
enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination
countries. Using original research, this title examines the determinants of migration, the
impact of remittances and migration on poverty, welfare, and investment decisions, and the
consequences of brain drain, brain gain, and brain waste.

Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political
concern? How closely linked are migrants with terrorist organizations? What factors lie
behind the dramatic increase in the number of women migrating? This Very Short
Introduction looks at the phenomenon of international human migration—both legal and
illegal—to reveal that migration actually presents opportunities that must be taken
advantage of in light of the current economic climate. The author debunks myths such as the …