@article{Carletto:289075,
      recid = {289075},
      author = {Carletto, Calogero and Davis, Benjamin and Stampini,  Marco},
      title = {Familiar faces, familiar places: the role of family  networks and previous experience for Albanian migrants},
      address = {2005-03-24},
      series = {ESA Working Paper 05-03},
      month = {Mar},
      year = {2005},
      note = {FAO Document Repository: <a  href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-ae592t.pdf">http://www.fao.org/3/a-ae592t.pdf</a>},
      abstract = {Using data from the 2003 Albania Panel Survey, the paper  sets out to achieve two mainobjectives. First, we fully  characterize the evolution of Albanian international  migration since the fall of Communism in 1990. We  distinguish between permanent and temporary migration, and  between the two principal destinations, Greece and Italy.  Second, we explore, using multivariate analysis, what  individual, household and community level factors influence  the current decision to migrate internationally, focusing  on the role of previous personal experience and family  networks. We find evidence of important changes over time  in the pull and push factors that drive migration flows.  The results have important policy implications. First,  policies aimed at controlling migration are likely to be  less effective where networks have already developed or  where engrained patterns of repeat migration are  established. Second, despite increasing legality,  migration, particularly for newcomers, is still difficult,  risky and often illegal, which fosters a climate of  exploitation and abuse. Third, we find that highly educated  individuals have a higher propensity to migrate  permanently, which constitutes a serious potential risk in  terms of brain drain.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/289075},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.289075},
}