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Home Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants

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dc.contributor.authorAKAY, Alpaslan
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'analyse et de recherche en économie et finance internationales [Larefi]
dc.contributor.authorBARGAIN, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorZIMMERMANN, Klaus F.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-26T13:59:58Z
dc.date.available2022-08-26T13:59:58Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0022-166Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00967337
dc.identifier.urioai:crossref.org:10.3368/jhr.52.2.0115-6900r1
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dc.identifier.uriftunivgoeteborg:oai:gupea.ub.gu.se:2077/35737
dc.identifier.urioai:researchgate.net:281047850
dc.identifier.urihttps://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/140599
dc.description.abstractEnThis paper examines whether the subjective well-being of migrants is responsive to fl uc- tuations in macroeconomic conditions in their country of origin. Using the German Socio- Economic Panel for the years 1984 to 2009 and macroeconomic variables for 24 countries of origin, we exploit country-year variation for identi cation of the effect and panel data to con- trol for migrants observed and unobserved characteristics. We find strong (mild) evidence that migrants ' well-being responds negatively (positively) to an increase in the GDP (un- employment rate) of their home country. That is, we originally demonstrate that migrants regard home countries as natural comparators and, thereby, suggest an original assessment of the migration s relative deprivation motive. We also show that migrants are positively affected by the performances of the German regions in which they live (a signal effect ). We demonstrate that both e¤ects decline with years-since-migration and with the degree of assimilation in Germany, which is consistent with a switch of migrants reference point from home countries to migration destinations. Results are robust to the inclusion of country-time trends, to control for remittances sent to relatives in home countries and to a correction for selection into return migration. We derive important implications for labor market and migration policies. ; JEL: C90, D63
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dc.title.enHome Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants
dc.typeArticle de revueen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3368/jhr.52.2.0115-6900r1en_US
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et financesen_US
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et financesen_US
dc.subject.jelC - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods::C9 - Design of Experiments::C90 - Generalen_US
dc.subject.jelD - Microeconomics::D6 - Welfare Economics::D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurementen_US
bordeaux.journalJournal of Human Resourcesen_US
bordeaux.page351-373en_US
bordeaux.volume52en_US
bordeaux.hal.laboratoriesLaboratoire d'analyse et de recherche en économie et finance internationales (LAREFI) - EA2954en_US
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bordeaux.institutionUniversité de Bordeauxen_US
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