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dc.contributor.authorLANATI, Mauro
dc.contributor.authorTHIELE, Rainer
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-24T09:32:53Z
dc.date.available2018-08-24T09:32:53Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationWorld development, 2018, Vol. 111, pp. 59-74en
dc.identifier.issn0305-750X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/57744
dc.descriptionFirst made available online 17 July 2018en
dc.description.abstractWhile policymakers hope to stem migration flows by giving foreign aid, existing empirical evidence points in the opposite direction: by loosening budget constraints, aid tends to encourage people to emigrate. In this paper, we revisit the aid-migration link using a substantially extended and adjusted econometric approach based on a gravity model of international migration. In contrast to the previous literature, we obtain evidence of a negative relationship between the total aid a country receives and emigration rates. This even holds for the poorer part of recipient countries, which suggests that the budgetary constraint channel does not play a significant role in shaping migration decisions. The most plausible explanation for these contrasting results is that, unlike in previous studies, we use migrant flows rather than migrant stocks as the dependent variable. In substantive terms, the limited importance of the budgetary constraint channel might reflect that positive welfare effects of foreign aid tend to manifest themselves in improved public services for the poor rather than higher incomes, which is in line with the reorientation of foreign aid towards social sectors under the Millennium Development Goals.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.ispartofWorld developmenten
dc.relation.ispartofseries[Migration Policy Centre]en
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/1814/46124
dc.subjectAiden
dc.subjectMigrationen
dc.subjectF22en
dc.subjectF35en
dc.subjectO15en
dc.titleThe impact of foreign aid on migration revisiteden
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.06.021
dc.identifier.volume111en
dc.identifier.startpage59en
dc.identifier.endpage74en
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