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Informing Migration Policies: A Data Primer

The article offers an overview of key definitions, methods, and sources for readers new to the field of migration data and research. Also included is how different data sources might be manipulated to answer common questions about migrants in the labour market, migrant education, or welfare concerns and how this might play into policy. Finally, there is a section dedicated to how common shortcomings in data might be overcome.

Link:

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/20634/WPS7082.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Source/Editor:

The World Bank

Author(s):

Calogero Carletto Jennica Larrison Caglar Ozden

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Status:

Free

Country:

Global

Region:

Global

Language:

English