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Return migration and socioeconomic mobility in MENA: Evidence from labour market panel surveys

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  • Vladimir Hlasny
  • Shireen AlAzzawi

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This study examines the effects of cross-border return migration on intertemporal and intergenerational transmission of socio-economic status across six new harmonized surveys from three Arab countries: Egypt (1998, 2006, 2012), Jordan (2010, 2016) and Tunisia (2014). We link individuals' current outcomes to those in prior years and to their parents' outcomes. We first isolate the outcomes of interest - income, employment status, household wealth based on both productive and non-productive assets, and residence status.

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  • Vladimir Hlasny & Shireen AlAzzawi, 2018. "Return migration and socioeconomic mobility in MENA: Evidence from labour market panel surveys," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-35, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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