This article examines the labor market implications of the EU posting policy, a large
temporary migration program facilitated by the liberalization of the free provision of services …

How does income from international migrant labor affect the long-run development of
migrantorigin areas? We leverage the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis to identify exogenous and …

Job seekers face substantial information frictions, especially in international labor markets
where intermediaries match prospective migrants with overseas employers. We conducted a …

We estimate the individual returns to temporary migration programs using a randomized
experiment with several thousand job seekers in India applying to guest worker jobs in the …

International migrant workers are vulnerable to abuses by their employers. We implemented
a randomized controlled trial of an intervention to reduce mistreatment of Filipino women …

We estimate the returns to temporary migration using a randomized experiment with Indian
applicants for jobs in the UAE. Workers who migrate doubled their compensation. However …

This dissertation contains three self-contained essays in the field of development economics
that studies various aspects of international migration and managerial skill development in …