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This article presents a new perspective on the impact of migration and remittances on labour market participation and … education are affected by migration. Based on household survey data from Moldova, our results challenge the assertion that those …
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and the volatility of the main capital flows — foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investment, and foreign bank …
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empirically. More specifically, we use state-level German data to answer the question whether and how migration and FDI decisions … and thus integration of labor and capital markets are linked. Our findings suggest that FDI and migration have similar … and trade in goods. From a theoretical point of view, the interaction between the different channels of integration can …
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the period 1989-2002. We find that German outward FDI increases in response to positive cyclical developments abroad and …
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Little is known about the drivers of migrant donations to their home countries. Using data on all donations from Filipino migrants administered by the Philippine Commission on Filipinos Overseas between 1990 and 2010, this paper explores which host and home country factors are associated with...
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Donations by migrants to community projects in their home countries (“collective remittances”) help to provide local public goods and may promote economic development. We draw on the literatures on migrant remittances and on philanthropy in general to identify possible motives for collective...
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Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data from …
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argue that migration pressure combined with informal migration patterns and incomplete information are the key determinants …, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. The main result is in line with our expectations: Migrant families in high migration areas and … indicate that illegal migration increases trafficking risks and that awareness campaigns and a reduction of information …
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the abolition of capital controls seem to have exerted a greater influence on foreign assets than on FDI of German banks …
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The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet … determinants of international asset holdings and trade flows. We find in most regressions that EU membership has a significant … candidates actual values are still far below expected ones in most cases. Consequently, we anticipate rising capital and trade …
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