Significant income gains from migrating from poorer to richer countries have motivated unilateral (source-country) policies facilitating labor emigration. However, their effectiveness is unknown. The authors conducted a large-scale randomized experiment in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. The most intensive treatment doubled the rate of job offers but had no identifiable effect on international...
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2013/11/01
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政策研究报告
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WPS6689
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1
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1
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2013/11/01
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Disclosed
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Unilateral facilitation does not raise international labor migration from the Philippines
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Finance & Private Sector Development