Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Title: Reintegration upon return: insights from Ecuadorian returnees from Spain
Number: 25c10c2c-159f-436d-afce-919defb43381
Handle: RePEc:avg:wpaper:en7748
Publication-Status: Published in Research Papers
Author-Name: Anda DAVID
Author-Name: Marion MERCIER
Author-Name: Ramon MAHIA
Author-Name: Rafael de ARCE
Abstract: Using the ECM2 survey data on Ecuadorian migrants returning from Spain, we investigate the determinants of reintegration upon return. We study how the migration experience, but also the before- and after-migration characteristics, correlate with migrants’ outcomes upon return. We adopt a broad conception of reintegration, considering jointly labor market-related outcomes that proxy for structural reintegration and subjective indicators that provide insights on sociocultural reintegration. The determinants of these two types of outcomes appear to be different: reintegration indeed encompasses multiple dimensions which cannot be captured by a single indicator. Our results suggest that return assistance programs’ efficiency in helping reintegration could be improved by (i) targeting, ex-ante, returnees who plan to launch their own business, and, ex-post, the most vulnerable workers (women, older returnees, unemployed), and (ii) facilitating the labor market integration of foreign-educated returnees. They also call for further research to better understand the consequences of these programs.
Creation-Date: 2017-11-30
File-URL: https://www.afd.fr/sites/afd/files/imported-files/30-papiers-recherche.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Keywords: Amérique latine, Équateur
Classification-JEL: Q
Length: 24