Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants’ assimilation?

Oded Stark; Agnieszka Dorn

Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant. -- Assimilation of migrants ; Acculturation identity ; Links with the home country ; Altruism ; Remittances

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Stark, Oded ; Dorn, Agnieszka
Publisher:	Bonn : ZEF
Subject:	Migranten \| Migrants \| Soziale Integration \| Social integration \| Rücküberweisungen \| Remittances \| Familie \| Family

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: S., 225 KB)
Series:	ZEF discussion papers on development policy. - Bonn : ZEF, ISSN 2942-9471, ZDB-ID 2125885-5. - Vol. 170
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/84813 [Handle]
Classification:	D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; D13 - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation ; D64 - Altruism ; F22 - International Migration ; F24 - Remittances
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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