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International Migrants in Developed, Emerging andDeveloping Countries: An Extended Profile
Jean-Christophe Dumont, Gilles Spielvogel and Sarah Widmaier

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OECD SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION PAPERS, NO. 114 INTERNATIONALMIGRANTS IN DEVELOPED, EMERGING AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN EXTENDED PROFILE

Jean-Christophe Dumont, Gilles Spielvogel and Sarah Widmaier

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This paper was written by Jean-Christophe Dumont (OECD, Jean-Christophe.Dumont@oecd.org), Gilles Spielvogel (University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, gilles.spielvogel@univ-paris1.fr) and SarahWidmaier (OECD, Sarah.Widmaier@oecd.org). The authors would like to thank Maria Carolina Alban (OECD) for statistical assistance and especially Çağlar Özden (World Bank) for his support and valuable comments. The underlying database DIOC-E was compiled as the result of a joint effort by the OECD, the Development Research Group of the World Bank and the Research Department of the Agence Française deDéveloppement and benefited from a special contribution from Afristat. This project has been supported by the Research Department of the Agence Française de Développement.

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ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................................................5RÉSUMÉ .........................................................................................................................................................6 INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN DEVELOPED, EMERGING AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN EXTENDED PROFILE ............................................................................................................................7 Introduction...