This article uses recent household survey data from the Kayes area (western Mali) to analyse the determinants of remittances from both internal and international migration. The underlying assumption is that remittances are part of an insurance contract between the migrant and his family....

This research focuses on second-generation female consumers' relationship to cosmetics. Cosmetics consumption carries individual, cultural, and social dimensions for second-generation immigrants. It enables them to individually manage their cultural identities. this research is grounded on 31...