Research publications
Published papers and book chapters
Natural experiment evidence on the effect of migration on blood pressure and hypertensionHealth Economics 22: 655–672 (2013). John Gibson, Steven Stillman, David McKenzie and Halahingano Rohorua. Ungated version here
A land of milk and honey with streets paved with gold: Do emigrants have over-optimistic expectations about incomes abroad?Journal of Development Economics 102: 116-127 (2013). David McKenzie, John Gibson and Steven Stillman. Ungated version here
Accounting for selectivity and duration-dependent heterogeneity when estimating the impact of emigration on incomes and poverty in sending areasEconomic Development and Cultural Change 61(2): 247-280 (2013). John Gibson, David McKenzie and Steven Stillman. Ungated version here
The impact of immigration on child health: Experimental evidence from a migration lottery programEconomic Inquiry 50(1): 62-81 (2012). Steven Stillman, John Gibson and David McKenzie. Ungated version here
The impacts of international migration on remaining household members: Omnibus results from a migration lottery programReview of Economics and Statistics 93(4): 1297 1318 (2011). John Gibson, David McKenzie and Steven Stillman. Ungated version here
What happens to diet and child health when migration splits households? Evidence from a migration lottery programFood Policy 36(1): 7-15 (2011). John Gibson, David McKenzie and Steven Stillman. Ungated version here
How important is selection? Experimental vs non-experimental measures of the income gains from migrationJEEA: Journal of the European Economic Association 8(4): 913-945 (2010). David McKenzie, Steven Stillman and John Gibson. Ungated version here
Information flows and migration: recent survey evidence from the South PacificAsia-Pacific Migration Journal19(3): 401-420 (2010). John Gibson, Halahingano Rohorua, David McKenzie and Steven Stillman. Ungated version here
Migration and mental health: evidence from a natural experimentJournal of Health Economics 28(3): 677-687 (2009). Steven Stillman, David McKenzie and John Gibson. Ungated version here
Moving to opportunity, leaving behind what? Evaluating the initial effects of a migration policy on incomes and poverty in source areasNew Zealand Economic Papers 41(2): 197-224 (2007). David McKenzie, John Gibson and Steven Stillman. Ungated Version here
Using the Global Positioning System (GPS) in Household Surveys For Better Economics and Better PolicyWorld Bank Research Observer 22(2): 217-241 (2007). John Gibson and David McKenzie. Ungated version here
Efficient Remittance Services for Development in the PacificAsia-Pacific Development Journal 14(2): 55-74 (2007). John Gibson, Geua Boe-Gibson, Halahingano Rohorua and David McKenzie. Ungated version here
How cost elastic are remittances? Evidence from Tongan migrants in New ZealandPacific Economic Bulletin 21(1): 112-128 (2006). John Gibson, David McKenzie and Halahingano Rohorua.
Mental Health and Poverty in Developing Countries: Revisiting the Relationship Social Science and Medicine65(3):467-480 (2007). Jishnu Das, Quy-Toan Do, Jed Friedman, David McKenzie, Kinnon Scott. Ungated Version here(PDF 245KB)
How does an ex-ante job requirement on labor mobility work? The Tongan-New Zealand experienceInternational Migration, Economic Development and Policy, C. Özden and M. Schiff (eds.), The World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan, Washington DC (2007), pp. 215-233. (PDF, 78KB)
Posters
"Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Immigration on Child Health" Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New York, March 29-31, 2007 (PDF 73kb)
"Natural Experiment Evidence on Whether Selection Bias Overstates the Gains from Migration" Presented at the 26th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Gold Coast, August 12-18, 2006 (64kb)
Working Papers
Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being (2013). Steven Stillman, John Gibson, David McKenzie and Halahingano Rohorua. Ungated version here
Policy Contributions
Finance for all? Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access (see pages 132-133
for our work)
Global Economic Prospects 2006: Economic Implications of Remittances and
Migration (see Chapter 6 for our work)
Media
NZ Herald: Islands losing millions in money transfers(PDF 45kb)
NZ Herald: Job initiative helping more Pacific people(PDF, 32kb)