Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295282 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 02/07
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
In this paper we discuss forms of migration that are non-permanent. We focus on temporary migrations where the decision to return is taken by the immigrant. These migrations are likely to be frequent, and we provide some evidence for the UK. We then develop a simple model which rationalizes the decision of a migrant to return to his home country, despite a persistently higher wage in the host country. We consider three motives for a temporary migration: Differences in relative prices in host- and home country, complementarities between consumption and the location where consumption takes place, and the possibility of accumulating human capital abroad which enhances the immigrant's earnings potential back home. For the last return motive, we discuss extensions which allow for immigrant heterogeneity, and develop implications for selective in- and out- migration.
Subjects: 
Life Cycle Models
International Migration
Return Migration
JEL: 
D9
F22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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