Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained … theoretically by way of intra-family contracts. We develop a basic formal concept that includes aspects of the transnational network … immigrants have at least partly different determinants. Acquiring German citizenship increases the probability of family …