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Title: The Long-Term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery

Author(s): John C Gibson, David J. McKenzie, Halahingano Rohorua and Steve Stillman

Publication Date: November 2015

Keyword(s): assimilation, household well-being, international migration and natural experiment

Programme Area(s): Development Economics

Abstract: We examine the long-term impacts of international migration by comparing immigrants who had successful ballot entries in a migration lottery program, and first moved almost a decade ago, with people who had unsuccessful entries into those same ballots. The long-term gain in income is found to be similar in magnitude to the gain in the first year, despite migrants upgrading their education and changing their locations and occupations. This results in large sustained benefits to their immediate family, who have substantially higher consumption, durable asset ownership, savings, and dietary diversity. In contrast we find no measureable impact on extended family.

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Gibson, J, McKenzie, D, Rohorua, H and Stillman, S. 2015. 'The Long-Term Impacts of International Migration: Evidence from a Lottery'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=10935