Return migration and entrepreneurship in Morocco
Return migration and entrepreneurship in Morocco
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DOI：
10.1080/17938120.2015.1072696
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
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0.5
通讯作者：
Wahba, Jackline
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作者：
Hamdouch, Bachir;Wahba, Jackline
这份文件对有关国际移徙对发展中国家经济发展的潜在重大影响的文献迅速增长作出了贡献。我们利用对2003-2004年摩洛哥回返移民的调查来探讨回返移民和回返移民创业活动的模式。我们考察了摩洛哥返乡移民创业行为的决定因素，控制了移民持续时间的潜在内生性。我们的发现表明，移民前的个人特征和条件对创业很重要。我们还考虑了海外投资对归国创业行为的潜在内生影响。我们发现，海外移民经历在储蓄和移民持续时间所起的作用之外，还起着显著的作用。
This paper contributes to the rapidly growing literature concerned with the potentially substantial implications of international migration for economic development in developing countries. We use a survey of return Moroccan migrants in 2003-2004 to explore the pattern of return migration and entrepreneurial activities of return migrants. We examine the determinants of entrepreneurial behavior among return migrants in Morocco, controlling for the potential endogeneity of the migration duration. Our findings suggest that individual characteristics and conditions before migration matter for entrepreneurship. We also consider the potential endogenous impact of having invested overseas on the entrepreneurial behavior upon return. We find that overseas migration experience plays a significant role beyond the role played by savings and captured by migration duration.