Migrants’ well-being during the global financial crisis: Economic and social predictors
| Autor: | Alexander M. Danzer, Barbara Dietz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Economics and Econometrics
media_common.quotation_subject Migrant workers 05 social sciences Wage 0506 political science Deportation Work (electrical) 0502 economics and business Well-being Financial crisis 050602 political science & public administration Harassment Demographic economics Business 050207 economics Panel data media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Comparative Economics. 46:770-787 |
| ISSN: | 0147-5967 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jce.2018.07.007 |
| Popis: | This paper investigates the economic and social predictors affecting the well-being of temporary migrants before, during and after the financial crisis. Exploiting unique panel data which cover migration spells from Tajikistan to Russia between 2001 and 2011, we find that migrants earn less but stay longer in the destination during the crisis; at the same time, they become more exposed to illegal work relations, harassment and deportation through the Russian authorities. The overall income loss can be attributed to wage cuts and to rising illegal employment that is generally poorly paid. Despite the similarities in the demographics and jobs of migrant workers, we find substantial heterogeneity in how the financial crisis affects their well-being. Migrants who experience wage losses during the crisis rationally stop migrating. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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