Çağlar Özden Development Economics Research Group The World Bank Comments on Gender and Determinants of International Migration from Rural Mexico by Richter & Taylor
Mar 27, 2015
Çağlar ÖzdenDevelopment Economics Research Group
The World Bank
Comments onGender and Determinants of International Migration from
Rural Mexicoby Richter & Taylor
Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….
Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….
Men Are From Mars,
Women Are From Venus!!!
Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….
Men get his sense of self from achievement
Women get her sense of self from relationships
And we need an economist to remind us!!
Main PointsMain Points
There are different propensities to migrate Work experience, network effects, border
control (as deterrent) are stronger for women!!!
QuestionsQuestions
Selection effects: Maybe a two-stage estimation strategy – using data
on what people do after they migrate
Decision to marry/have children Not in the estimation Also a selection effect
Time Series Dimension of the Data Different Methodology
Çağlar ÖzdenDevelopment Economics Research Group
The World Bank
Comments on Impact of Aging in OECD Countries on International
Nursing Migration by Lowell & Dumas
Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….
Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….
Doom!!!
War of the Worlds
The Angry Red Planet
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
Invaders from Mars
Mars Attacks!
Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….
There is a looming shortage of nurses given the current patterns of aging and migration.
Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….
And we need an economist to remind us that is not as clear !!
Main CommentsMain Comments
There are no adjustment mechanisms – price/wage, quantity or policy Main Assumptions:
Current nurse to population ratio - for each age group - reflect an equilibrium
Current foreign born/native nurse population ratios are also at equilibrium
Were these numbers identical in 1990, 1995, 2000?
Main CommentsMain Comments
How is it possible that countries with similar economic conditions have such different equilibrium levels?? Different wages Regulatory restrictions on quantity, wage or both Different healthcare technologies (e.g. doctor/nurse
ratio or nurse responsibilities)
Main CommentsMain Comments
New York 60,000
Los Angeles 54,070
Vancouver 34,205
London 48,764 www.payscale.com Between 1990-2000 real wages did not increase.
Wages increased twice the rate of inflation between 2001-5 and 200,000 new nurses entered the profession.