World Development
Volume 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-126

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

Gindling T.H.*
  • a University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

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. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Migration Latin america Earnings Costa Rica Inequality poverty

Index Keywords

Latin America Central America developing world labor market economic impact poverty Costa Rica migration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-56949092486&doi=10.1016%2fj.worlddev.2008.01.013&partnerID=40&md5=8a238a204ff9160bd8c7d3cfeec68abc
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.01.013
ISSN: 0305750X
Cited by: 26
Original Language: English