South-South Migration: The Impact of Nicaraguan Immigrants on Earnings, Inequality and Poverty in Costa Rica

Gindling, Thomas

doi:10.1111/j.0042-7092.2007.00700.x

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South-South Migration: The Impact of Nicaraguan Immigrants on Earnings, Inequality and Poverty in Costa Rica

Thomas Gindling

University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

IZA Working Paper No. 3279

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More than half of those who emigrate from developing countries move to other developing countries, yet there have been few studies of the impact of this South-South migration. In this paper, we examine the impact of migration from one developing country, Nicaragua, on the labor market in another developing country, Costa Rica. We find little evidence to support the hypothesis that Nicaraguan migration to Costa Rica was an important factor contributing to falling earnings, increased inequality or stagnating poverty in Costa Rica.

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Keywords: inequality, earnings, migration, Latin America, Costa Rica, poverty

JEL Classification: J61, O15

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Date posted: May 23, 2008

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Gindling, Thomas, South-South Migration: The Impact of Nicaraguan Immigrants on Earnings, Inequality and Poverty in Costa Rica. , Vol. , pp. -, . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1136441 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0042-7092.2007.00700.x

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Thomas Gindling (Contact Author) University of Maryland, Baltimore County ( email ) 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 United States
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) P.O. Box 7240 Bonn, D-53072 Germany

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South-South Migration: The Impact of Nicaraguan Immigrants on Earnings, Inequality and Poverty in Costa Rica

Thomas Gindling

Date posted: May 23, 2008

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