| Titre : | Essays on the economics of migration from developing countries |
| Auteurs : | Linguère Mbaye |
| Type de document : | Thèses |
| Mention d'édition : | 2013-04-11 |
| Editeur : | Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I, 2013 |
| Autre Editeur : | Clermont-Ferrand : Centre d'études et de recherches sur le développement international (Cerdi) |
| Format : | 168 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] ÉDUCATION ET COMMUNICATION > enseignement > niveau d'enseignement [Eurovoc] ENTREPRISE ET CONCURRENCE > gestion administrative > gestion > prise de décision [Eurovoc] ENVIRONNEMENT > détérioration de l'environnement > dégradation de l'environnement > désastre naturel [Eurovoc] FINANCES > institutions financières et crédit > crédit [Eurovoc] GÉOGRAPHIE > Afrique > Afrique subsaharienne > Afrique occidentale > Sénégal [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > migration |
| Tags : | migration ; climate change ; natural disasters ; Senegal ; illegal migration ; intentions ; risk-aversion ; discount rate ; credit markets ; credit markets. |
| Résumé : | The aim of this thesis is to study through four essays the economics of migration from developing countries. The first chapter assesses the effect of natural disasters (mainly due to climate change), in developing countries, on migration rates and looks at how this effect varies according to the level of education of people. Our results show that natural disasters are positively associated with emigration rates and also involve the migration of highly skilled people. The second chapter presents the different channels explaining the intention to migrate illegally. One of the novelties of the analysis is that it uses a tailor-made survey among urban Senegalese individuals. We find that potential illegal migrants are willing to accept a substantial risk of death and tend to be young, single and with a low level of education. We also show that the price of illegal migration, migrant networks, high expectations, tight immigration policies and the preferred destination country all play a role in the willingness to migrate illegally. The third chapter completes the second one by studying the role of risk-aversion and discount rate in illegal migration from Senegal. Our results show that these individual preferences matter in the willingness to migrate illegally and to pay a smuggler. Finally, in the fourth chapter, we are interested in the effect of migrants on credit markets in a rural Senegalese context. According to our results, having a migrant in a household increases both the likelihood of having a loan and its size, whether the loan is formal or informal. We also find that this positive effect remains significant no matter if the loan is taken for professional activities or simply to buy food. |
| Axe de recherche : | Intégration des pays en développement dans l'économie mondialisée |
| En ligne : | https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00871199 |
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