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Copyright License AgreementLicense Agreement • March 9th, 2006
This paper examines the effect of return migration on non-migrant Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from 1981 to 1992. I find that higher return migration is correlated with higher wages and lower employment for non-migrants. These results are inconsistent with what one would expect from an increase in migration; however, they are remarkably robust across various definitions of skill groups. While many of the specified models do not yield statistically significant results, there is a pattern for which results tend to be significant. In general, the effect of migration is more significant for lower skilled workers than for higher skilled workers. Increasing the number of return migrants by five percentage points is predicted to increase wages by five to ten percent and decrease employment by five to ten percentage points. This implies that overall earnings of Palestinians are not affected by return migration.
Copyright License AgreementLicense Agreement • March 9th, 2006
This paper examines the effect of return migration on non-migrant Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from 1981 to 1992. I find that higher return migration is correlated with higher wages and lower employment for non-migrants. These results are inconsistent with what one would expect from an increase in migration; however, they are remarkably robust across various definitions of skill groups. While many of the specified models do not yield statistically significant results, there is a pattern for which results tend to be significant. In general, the effect of migration is more significant for lower skilled workers than for higher skilled workers. Increasing the number of return migrants by five percentage points is predicted to increase wages by five to ten percent and decrease employment by five to ten percentage points. This implies that overall earnings of Palestinians are not affected by return migration.
