Intended versus unintended consequences of migration restriction policies. Evidence from a natural experiment in Indonesia.

Autor/inn/en	Makovec, Mattia; Purnamasari, Ririn S.; Sandi, Matteo; Savitri, Astrid R.
Titel	Intended versus unintended consequences of migration restriction policies. Evidence from a natural experiment in Indonesia. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Beabsichtigte und unbeabsichtigte Konsequenzen einer restriktiven Auswanderungspolitik. Daten eines natürlichen Experiments in Indonesien.
Quelle	In: Journal of economic geography, 18 (2018) 4, S. 915-950 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-2702; 1468-2710
DOI	10.1093/jeg/lby029
Schlagwörter	Bildungsbeteiligung; Indonesien; Kind; Landarbeiter; Landbevölkerung; Saudi-Arabien; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; Auswirkung; Reform; Migration; Migrationspolitik; Inländer; Bildungsbeteiligung; Kind; Landbevölkerung; Einwanderungsland; Gemeinde (Kommune); Inländer; Migration; Migrationspolitik; Beschäftigungseffekt; Informeller Sektor; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; Landarbeiter; Auswirkung; Reform; Regionalverteilung; Indonesien; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	"This article studies the consequences of restrictions to migration at the origin on labor market outcomes and school enrolment in origin communities. Our difference-in-differences specification exploits the differential impact across districts in Indonesia of a reform that restricted the migration of Indonesian female domestic workers towards Saudi Arabia in 2011. Our results suggest that this reform did not lead to higher unemployment in Indonesia, but it increased the proportion of workers employed in informal jobs and in agriculture. No detectable change in the consumption patterns of Indonesian households appears from our analysis, suggesting that rural areas in Indonesia could absorb the sudden increase in the availability of workforce. Our findings also show an increase in junior secondary school enrolment of both males and females, arguably reflecting the importance of the maternal presence in the household for the investment in human capital of children." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/1