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KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys 2015

World, 2015 - 2016
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Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) & International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Identification

IDNO
WLD_2015_KNOMAD-ILO-MCS_v01_M
Title
KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys 2015
Countries
Name Code
World WLD
Study notes
The Migration Cost Surveys (MCS) project is a joint initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The project was initiated to support methodological work on developing a new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator (10.7.1) on worker-paid recruitment costs. The surveys of migrant workers conducted in multiple bilateral corridors between 2015 and 2017 provide new systematic evidence of financial and some non-financial costs incurred by workers to obtain jobs abroad. The compiled dataset is divided into two waves (2015 and 2016) based on the questionnaire version used in the surveys.
Kind of data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Coverage

Geographic coverage
Multinational coverage:
- Ethiopia
- India
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Vietnam
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- El Salvador
Unit of analysis
KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys (KNOMAD-ILO MCS) have the following unit of analysis: individuals
Universe
Surveys of migrants from the following corridors are included:

• Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia
• India to Qatar
• Nepal to Qatar
• Pakistan to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
• Philippines to Qatar
• Vietnam to Malaysia
• Guatemala, Honduras and El-Salvador to Mexico

Producers and sponsors

Authoring entity
Name
Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) & International Labour Organization (ILO)
Producer(s)
Name Affiliation Role
Ganesh Seshan World Bank, KNOMAD Core team
Manolo Abella KNOMAD Core team
Petra Niedermayerova Consultant, World Bank Core team
Funding agencies
Name Abbreviation
Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development KNOMAD
International Labor Organization ILO

Sampling

Sampling procedure
All surveys conducted for this project used either convenience or snowball sampling. Sample enrollment was restricted to migrants primarily employed in low-skilled positions, who departed to the destination country, typically no more than 5 years prior to the interview year. All but two surveys using the 2015 questionnaire were conducted in the country of origin by interviewing returning migrants.The exceptions were the surveys of Vietnamese migrants in Malaysia and migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El-Salvador in Mexico, which were administered in the destination countries (Malaysia and Mexico, respectively). Their customized questionnaires are worded in present tense when it comes to various aspect of stay in the destination country. The content of the variables remains analogous to the surveys of returnees. Please refer to Annex Table 1 of the 2015 KNOMAD-ILO MCS User Guide for a summary description of the included samples in the 2015 KNOMAD-ILO MCS dataset.

Data Collection

Dates of collection
Start End
2015-01-01 2016-03-31
Mode of data collection
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Questionnaires
The 2015 KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys consists of 6 survey modules:

A. Respondent Information
B. Information on costs for current job
C. Borrowing money for the foreign job
D. Job search efforts and opportunity costs
E. Work in foreign country
F. Job environment

Data Appraisal

metadata.study_desc.method.analysis_info.sampling_error_estimates
n/a
Other forms of data appraisal
n/a

Data access

Access conditions
The KNOMAD-ILO Migration Cost Surveys are publicly available and free to all users upon registration in The World Bank Microdata Library.
Citation requirements
To help us track and catalog usage of the dataset, please include the following citation in your documents:

World Bank. “KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys,” Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD), 2017. Ref. WLD_2015_KNOMAD-ILO-MCS_v01_M. Downloaded from [url] on [date].

Contacts

Contact(s)
Name Affiliation Email
KNOMAD Data Team KNOMAD migrationandremittances@worldbank.org

Metadata production

IDNo
DDI_WLD_2015_KNOMAD-ILO-MCS_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Economics Data Group DECDG The World Bank Documentation of the DDI
Production date
2017-11-22
Version
Version 01 (November 2017)