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KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys 2016

World, 2016 - 2017
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Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) & International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Identification

IDNO
WLD_2016_KNOMAD-ILO-MCS_v01_M
Title
KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys 2016
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. This document describes surveys conducted using the 2016 version of the MCS questionnaire.
Kind of data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Coverage

Geographic coverage
Multinational coverage
- India
- Philippines
- Nepal
- Uzbekistan
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Tajikistan
- Countries in Western Africa
Geographic unit
Country
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:
• India-Saudi Arabia
• Philippines to Saudi Arabia
• Nepal to Malaysia, Qatar and Saudi Arabia
• Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan to Russia
• West African countries to Italy

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. There is variation in terms of when migrants were interviewed in their migration life-cycle. Two surveys of recruited workers - that is workers who are recruited in their home countries for jobs abroad - namely Filipinos and Indians to Saudi Arabia, were conducted with migrants returning to their origin countries (for visits or permanently). The surveys of non-recruited migrants - Central Asian migrants to Russia and West African migrants to Italy - were administered in the destination countries, which permitted multiple bilateral migration channels to be documented (at cost of smaller sample sizes in some corridors, particularly with Italy as destination). The survey instruments for non-recruited migrants were worded in present tense for various aspect of stay in the destination country. The content of the variables remains analogous to the surveys of returnees. Finally, the survey of Nepalese migrants was conducted with migrants who were departing to their destination countries within a two-week period. Please refer to Annex Table 1 of the 2016 KNOMAD_ILO MCS Guide for a summary description of the samples included in the 2016 KNOMAD-ILO MCS dataset.

Data Collection

Dates of collection
Start End
2016-06-01 2017-04-30
Mode of data collection
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Questionnaires
The 2016 KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys consists of 7 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
G. Current status and contact information

Data Appraisal

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Other forms of data appraisal
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Data access

Access authorities
Name Affiliation Email URI
Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) World Bank migrationandremittances@worldbank.org https://www.knomad.org/
Microdata Library World Bank microdata.worldbank.org
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 2016,” Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD), 2017.Ref: WLD_2016_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_2016_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
2017-12-01
Version
Version 01 (December 2017)