Dakar, 25 March 2010 The Links Between Migration and Labour Markets Jason Gagnon OECD Development Centre Workshop on Migration in West Africa: Governance and Links to Labour Markets

Migration and Labour Markets in West Africa Concept Motivation Two gaps in the migration literature, particularly on its links with labour markets 1.How does migration reshape labour and employment in sending households, communities, countries? 2.What are the labour impacts of South-South migration and how are they different from other types of migration flows?

The Impact of Emigration A Framework Source: OECD (2010) - forthcoming

The Impact of Immigration Basic Neoclassical Model Real Wage N WmWm W0W0 S0S0 SmSm N + M MPL

The Impact of Emigration Basic Neoclassical Model Real Wage N* WmWm W0W0 S0S0 SmSm N* - M MPL W0W0 W -m * MPL*

The Impact of Emigration Emigration Rates

The Impact of Emigration Emigration Flows to the OECD

The Impact of Remittances Remittances to West Africa

The Impact of Remittances Remittances from ECOWAS countries

The Impact of Immigration Immigration Major change in the region has been in Senegal and Ghana

The Impact of Emigration ECOWAS Different when looking at South-South flows?

What should we know? What are the returns to migration experience? What do return migrants do when they return? What skills do they bring back? How does this impact others? How does it impact labour markets? At what level? Why? What policies exist? What role should policy have? The Impact of Return Migration Return Migration

Dakar, 25 March Jason Gagnon OECD Development Centre Workshop on Migration in West Africa: Governance and Links to Labour Markets

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Main references OECD (2007): Policy Coherence for Development: Migration and Developing Countries. OECD Development Centre, Paris. OECD (2007): Gaining from Migration: Towards a New Mobility System. OECD Development Centre. Paris. OECD (2009): Is Informal Normal? Towards More and Better Jobs in Developing Countries. OECD Development Centre, Paris. OECD (2009): Latin American Economic Outlook OECD Development Centre, Paris.