KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys 2016

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Niger, Nige..., 2016 - 2017

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Reference ID

WLD_2016_KNOMAD-ILO-MCS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) & International Labour Organization (ILO)

Collection(s)

Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

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Dec 11, 2017

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May 24, 2021

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migration cost indicator (MCI): migration costs paid as a multiple of monthly fo (mci)

Data file: 2016_knomad_ilo_mcs

Overview

Valid: 806

Invalid: 1648

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 270.996

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 5076

End: 5091

Width: 16

Range: 0 - 270.996154785156

Format: Numeric

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

Migration cost indicator (MCI). This is only for a subset of workers who were not directly recruited for jobs abroad. Analogous to the RCI, it is the ratio of migration costs to monthly foreign gross earnings.

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