 Date: September 10 - 11, 2009
Contact: Yasmin D Souza at ydsouza@worldbank.org Conference materials are now available for downloading Summary: The conference brought together some of the world’s top academics and researchers in the migration field. Speakers presented their recent research findings on the most important questions in the debate on migration, remittances and development. Some of the questions that presenters addressed were: - What effect do remittances have on poverty, inequality and economic development?
- Who migrates overseas and is it worth their while?
- How do remittances impact investment and consumption?
- What factors that drive the cost of remittances?
- Can migration reduce educational attainment?
- Do migrants improve governments at home?
- What are the links between brain drain, fiscal competition, and public education expenditure?
Agenda: Thursday, September 10  | | 08:30-09:00 | Opening Remarks Justin Yifu Lin - Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank
Robert Peccoud - Director of Research, Agence Française de Développement
| | 09:00-10:00 | Keynote Lecture 1: The Analytics of the Wage Effect of Immigration
Presenter: George Borjas, Professor of Economics, Harvard University | | 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break | | 10:30-12:30 | Session 1A: Perspectives from Receiving Countries
Chair:Â Frederic Docquier | Session 1B: Migration, Poverty and Development
Chair: Michel Beine |   Sessions 1A and 1B run in parallel    | | 10:30-11:00 | The Skill Composition of Migration and the Generosity of the Welfare State
Presenter: Assaf Razin, Cornell University, Tel Aviv University Co-Authors: Alon Cohen and Efraim Sadka | Selectivity and the Estimated Impact of Emigration on Incomes and Poverty in Sending Areas: Evidence from the Samoan Quota Migration Lottery Presenter: Steven Stillman, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Co-Authors: David Mckenzie and John Gibson | | 11:00-11:30 | Brain Drain, Fiscal Competition and Public Education Expenditure Presenter: Volker Grossmann, University of Fribourg Co-Authors: Hartmut Egger and Josef Falkinger | Do Remittances Affect Poverty and Inequality? Evidence from Mali Presenter: Sandrine Mesplé Somps, Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme Co-Authors: Flore Gubert and Thomas Lassourd | | 11:30-12:00 | The Foreign-born Population in the European Union and its Contribution to National Tax and Benefit Systems Presenter: Luca Barbone, World Bank Co-Authors: Misha Bontch-Osmolovsky and Salman Zaidi | Do Remittances Boost Economic Development? Evidence from Mexican States Presenter: Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Co-Authors: Jesús Cañas Roberto Coronado, Madeline Zavodny and Roberto Coronado | | 12:00-12:30 | Discussion | | 12:30-14:00 | Lunch
Lunch Presentation: The Evolution of Global Bilateral Migration 1955-2004
Presenter: Chris Parsons, World Bank | | 14:00-16:00 | Session 2A: Remittances
Chair: Hillel Rapoport | Session 2B: Migration & Globalization
Chair: Jaime De Melo | Sessions 2A and 2B run in parallel | 14:00-14:30 | Remittances and the Problem of Control: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador Presenter: Dean Yang, University of Michigan Co-Authors: Nava Ashraf and
Diego Aycinena Claudia Martinez | The Globalization of Household Production Presenter: Michael Kremer, Harvard University Co-Author: Stanley Watt | | 14:30-15:00 | Migration and Determinants of Remittances to Southern Mediterranean Countries: When History Matters Presenter: Mouhoub El Mouhoud, Université de Paris Dauphine Co-Authors: Luis Miotti and Joel Oudinet | What Explains the Cost of Remittances? An Examination Across 107 Country Corridors Presenter: Maria S. Martinez Peria, World Bank Co-Author: Thorsten Beck | | 15:00-15:30 | Income Volatility and Labor Supply in Mexico Presenter: Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University Co-Author: Suzan Pozo | Exchange Rates and Wages in an Integrated World Presenter: Antonio Spilimbergo, IMF Co-Author: Prachi Mishra | | 15:30-16:00 | Discussion | | 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break | | 16:30-18:30 | Session 3A: Migration and Institutions
Chair:Â Antonio Spilmibergo | Session 3B: Illegal MigrationÂ
Chair: Caglar Ozden | Sessions 3A and 3B run in parallel | | 16:30- 17:00 | Migration and Institutions Presenter: John McHale, National University of Ireland Co-Authors: Galway & Xiaoyang Li | Clandestine Migrants: Do the High-Skilled Return Home First? Presenter: Nicola Coniglio, University of Bari Co-Authors: G. De Arcangelis and L. Serlenga | | 17:00- 17:30 | Brain Drain and Home Country Institutions Presenter: Elisabetta Lodigiani, University of Luxembourg Co-Authors: Frederic Docquier, Hillel Rapoport and Maurice Schiff | Remittance Behaviour of Undocumented Migrants Presenter: Francesco Fasani Co-Authors: Christian Dustman and Biagio Speciale | | 17:30-18:00 | Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment Presenter: Catia Batista, Trinity College Dublin Co-Authors: Pedro Vicente | Collective Remittances in Mexico: Their Effect on the Labor Market for Males Presenter: Karina Cordova, University of Arizona | | 18:00- 18:30 | Discussion |
 Friday, September 11 | | 08:30-10:30 | Session 4A: Migration and Human Capital Formation
Chair: Dean Yang | Session 4B: Macro Effects of Migration & Remittances
Chair: Dilip Ratha | Sessions 4A and 4B run in parallel | | 8:30-9:00 | Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The Microdata Show that More Educated Migrants Remit More Presenter: David McKenzie, World Bank Co-Authors: Albert Bollard, Melanie Morten and Hillel Rapoport | Remittances: An Automatic Output Stabilizer? Presenter: Dalia Hakura, IMF Co-Authors: Ralph Chami, Peter Montiel | | 09:00- 9:30 | Career Placement of Skilled Migrants in the U.S. Labor Market: A Dynamic Approach Presenter: Ileana Cristina Neagu, World Bank | Remittances, Consumption and Investment in Ghana Presenter: Richard Adams, World Bank Co-Authors: Alberto Cuecuecha and John Page | | 9:30- 10:00 | Skilled Emigration and Skill Creation: a Quasi-Experiment Presenter: Michael Clemens, Center for Global Development Co-Author: Satish Chand | Measuring the Impact of the Movement of Labor Using a Model of Bilateral Migration Flows Presenter: S. Amer Ahmed, World Bank Co-Authors: L. Alan Winters and Terrie Welmsely | | 10:00-10:30 | Discussion | | 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | | 11:00-12:00 | Keynote Lecture 2: Economic Crises and Migration, Learning from History and the Present
Presenter: Alan L. Winters, Chief Economist Department of International Development (DFID), London; Professor of Economics, University of Sussex
Chair: Maurice Schiff, World Bank | | 12:00-13:00 | Poster Session (see details below) | | 13:00-14:30 | Lunch will be provided | | 14:30-16:30 | Session 5A: Self-Selection and Migration NetworksÂ
Chair: David McKenzie | Session 5B: Diaspora Networks and ExternalitiesÂ
Chair: Maurice Schiff | Sessions 5A and 5B run in parallel | | 14:30-15:00 | The Determinants of International Migration: Accounting for Self-selection Presenter: Jesús Fernández Huertas-Moraga, Institut d'Anà lisi Econòmica, Co-Authors: Francesco Ortega and Simone Bertoli | Chinese Graduate Students and US Scientic Productivity: Evidence from Chemistry  Presenter: Mario Piacentini, University of Geneva  Co-Author: Patrick Gaulé | | 15:00-15:30 | Who Migrates Overseas and is it Worth Their While? Assessment of Household Surveys from Bangladesh Presenter: Hassan Zaman, World Bank Co-Author: Manahore Sharma | Immigrant-Based Networks and the U.S. Bilateral Trade: Role of Immigrant Occupation Presenter: Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University | | 15:30-16:00 | Geographic Versus Cutural Networks in Migration and Employment Decisions Presenter: Caglar Ozden, World Bank | Diasporas and Development Presenter: Una Okonkwo Osili, Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis | | 16:00-16:30 | Discussion | | 16:30-17:00 | Coffee Break | | 17:00-18:30 | Roundtable / Policy Panel Presenters: - Alan L.Winters, DFID
- Susan Martin, Georgetown University
- Luca Barbone, World Bank
- Jaime de Melo, University of Geneva
Chair: Caglar Ozden, World Bank |
Poster Session: - Can Health Foreign Assitance Break the Medical Brain Drain?
Presenter:Â Yasser Moullan, University of Paris 1 Sorbonne
Paper | Presentation
- Who Leaves, Who Moves In? The Impact of Positive and Negative Income Shocks on Migration in Senegal
Presenter:Â Abla Safir, OECD
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- Remittances as Insurance for Household and Community Shocks in an Agricultural Economy: The Case of Rural Malawi
Presenter:Â Simon Davies, Ministry of Finance, South Africa
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- Remittances, Poverty, Inequality and Welfare: Evidence from the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso
Presenter:Â Fleur Wouterse, IFPRI, Senegal
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 - Brain Drain in Globalization A General Equilibrium Analysis from the Sending Countries’ Perspective
Presenter:Â I-ling Shen, University of Geneva
Co-Author:Â Frederique Docquier
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