International migration emerges as an important driver of globalization since migrants play a salient role in diffusing international norms and practices across borders. Through a variety of channels migrants are capable of encouraging democratic behavior back in their countries of origin. On...

Purpose - This study estimates impact of remittances from internal migration on households' use of bank services in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach This study uses data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey and the two-stage least squares method (2SLS). Findings The results...

Purpose This study estimates impact of remittances from internal migration on households' use of bank services in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach This study uses data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey and the two-stage least squares method (2SLS). Findings The results show...

Why were the poorer countries of the European periphery latecomers to the Age of Mass Migration? We test the diffusion hypothesis, which argues that mass emigration was delayed because it was primarily governed by a gradual process of spatial diffusion of migration networks. We propose a model...

This paper examines the influence of transportation infrastructure on migration decisions in the context of the Great Migration in the United States. Focusing on the opening of the Panama Canal in 1920, we isolate the effect of improved economic opportunities from reduced migration costs. Using...