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dc.titleRepatriations and Firm Behavior: Effects of Repatriated Migrants with Large Networks
dc.contributor.authorBandiera, Antonella
dc.contributor.authorDinarte, Lelys
dc.contributor.authorRozo, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt-Padilla, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSviatschik, María Micaela
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Hernán
dc.contributor.orgunitMigration Unit
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.coverageUnited States
dc.coverageNorth America
dc.coverageCentral America
dc.date.available2020-10-08T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-10-08T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractCan repatriation inflows impact firm behavior in origin countries? To the extent that repatriated individuals bring large networks and know-how they can benefit local firms. We examine this question in the context of repatriation inflows from the United States and Mexico to El Salvador. For this purpose, we combine longitudinal firm-level panel data with inflows of repatriations exploiting municipal and annual variation during the period 2010 to 2017. Our empirical strategy combines variation in the municipality of birth of individuals repatriated in the period 1995-2002, with annual variation on aggregate inflows of repatriations to El Salvador. We find that repatriations increased firm growth through an increment in the number of branches, higher exports, and value-added per worker. We also document that repatriations caused a mechanic increase in the overall supply of labor reducing wages and increasing employment.
dc.format.extent40
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002733
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Repatriations-and-Firm-Behavior-Effects-of-Repatriated-Migrants-with-Large-Networks.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEmployment Rate
dc.subjectFirm Performance
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subjectWage
dc.subjectMigration and Migrant
dc.subject.jelcodeO17 - Formal and Informal Sectors • Shadow Economy • Institutional Arrangements
dc.subject.jelcodeD22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
dc.subject.jelcodeJ61 - Geographic Labor Mobility • Immigrant Workers
dc.subject.keywordsLabor markets;deportations;firm behavior
dc.typeDiscussion Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-DP-00815
idb.operationRG-T3473
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