Çağlar ÖzdenDevelopment Economics Research Group

The World Bank

Comments onGender and Determinants of International Migration from

Rural Mexicoby Richter & Taylor

Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….

Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….

Men Are From Mars,

Women Are From Venus!!!

Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….

Men get his sense of self from achievement

Women get her sense of self from relationships

And we need an economist to remind us!!

Main PointsMain Points

There are different propensities to migrate Work experience, network effects, border

control (as deterrent) are stronger for women!!!

QuestionsQuestions

Selection effects: Maybe a two-stage estimation strategy – using data

on what people do after they migrate

Decision to marry/have children Not in the estimation Also a selection effect

Time Series Dimension of the Data Different Methodology

Çağlar ÖzdenDevelopment Economics Research Group

The World Bank

Comments on Impact of Aging in OECD Countries on International

Nursing Migration by Lowell & Dumas

Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….

Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….

Doom!!!

War of the Worlds

The Angry Red Planet

The Day Mars Invaded Earth

Invaders from Mars

Mars Attacks!

Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….

There is a looming shortage of nurses given the current patterns of aging and migration.

Moral of the Story….Moral of the Story….

And we need an economist to remind us that is not as clear !!

Main CommentsMain Comments

There are no adjustment mechanisms – price/wage, quantity or policy Main Assumptions:

Current nurse to population ratio - for each age group - reflect an equilibrium

Current foreign born/native nurse population ratios are also at equilibrium

Were these numbers identical in 1990, 1995, 2000?

Main CommentsMain Comments

How is it possible that countries with similar economic conditions have such different equilibrium levels?? Different wages Regulatory restrictions on quantity, wage or both Different healthcare technologies (e.g. doctor/nurse

ratio or nurse responsibilities)

Main CommentsMain Comments

New York  60,000

Los Angeles  54,070

Vancouver  34,205

London  48,764 www.payscale.com Between 1990-2000 real wages did not increase.

Wages increased twice the rate of inflation between 2001-5 and 200,000 new nurses entered the profession.