With the flourishing development of domestic and international market potential for pre-
made dishes (PMDs), an increasing number of PMD enterprises are redirecting their focus …

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 …

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 paper demonstrates that access to overseas employment reduces support for taxation
and redistribution by bolstering individuals' economic prospects. We present results from the …

Prior scholarship finds that migrants embrace democratic ideals and promote democracy
back home. However, this work focuses on migration to high-income Western democracies …

Does mass migration increase or reduce political participation in sending communities?
Past scholarship on transnational immigration yields sharply divergent predictions. I test …

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 …

This study investigates the effect of migration on migrants' political attitudes and behavior.
Extant work suggests that migrants returning from democracies to autocracies become more …

Debates about how immigration affects the welfare state have often emphasized migrants'
demands for high levels of redistribution. While existing work has examined natives' …

Data estimates suggest that up to half of all migrants return to the country of origin within 5
years of leaving. Return migration is known to be a boon for the local economy and a …