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Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less
Niimi, Yoko; Ozden, Caglar; Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
migrants send home. This paper examines whether remittances actually increase with migrants’ education level. The determinants … of remittances it considers include migration levels or rates, migrants’ education level, and source countries’ income … considered in the few studies on this topic. Our main finding is that remittances decrease with the share of migrants with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761778
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Network effects on migrants' remittances
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainhoa - 2011
This paper explores the existence of network effects in migrants' remittance behavior. In this study, networks are defined as groups of immigrants from the same country that live in the same locality. Using the National Immigrant Survey, a unique database for Spain, immigrants are found to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278665
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Network Effects on Migrants' Remittances
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainhoa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper explores the existence of network effects in migrants’ remittance behavior. In this study, networks are defined as groups of immigrants from the same country that live in the same locality. Using the National Immigrant Survey, a unique database for Spain, immigrants are found to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004370
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The effect of Filipino overseas migration on the non-migrant spouse's market participation and labor supply behavior
Cabegin, Emily Christi A. - 2006
This paper examines the effect of one partner's overseas migration on the other non-migrant partner's labor force … participation and supply behavior. I compare the effect when the migrant partner is male and when she is female. The study uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267985
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The Effect of Filipino Overseas Migration on the Non-Migrant Spouse’s Market Participation and Labor Supply Behavior
Cabegin, Emily Christi A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper examines the effect of one partner’s overseas migration on the other non-migrant partner’s labor force … participation and supply behavior. I compare the effect when the migrant partner is male and when she is female. The study uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822164
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Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2023
, where we observe lower agricultural activity and investment. At the same time, remittances received and welfare of rural … reduction in the transaction costs of remittances. We follow the introduction of mobile money for the first time in rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296845
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China's high saving puzzle
Ma, Guonan; Yang, Dennis Tao - 2013
This paper analyzes the causes of rising savings rates for the corporate, government, and household sectors, which have jointly contributed to the upsurge in aggregate savings in China in the past two decades. Government policies to rebalance the Chinese economy are also explored.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293143
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Does Reminding of Behavioural Biases Increase Returns from Financial Trading? A Field Experiment
De Paola, Maria; Gioia, Francesca; Piluso, Fabio - 2017
We ran a field experiment to investigate whether nudge policies, consisting in behavioural insight messaging, help to improve performance in financial trading. Our experiment involved students enrolled in a financial trading course in an Italian University who were invited to trade on Borsa...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744695
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Aggregate savings and external imbalances in China
Yang, Dennis Tao - 2012
distortions. I document major trends in aggregate savings, investment, trade, and net foreign asset positions in China, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289985
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Why Are Saving Rates of Urban Households in China Rising?
Chamon, Marcos; Prasad, Eswar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
From 1995 to 2005, the average urban household saving rate in China rose by 8 percentage points, to about one quarter of disposable income. We use household-level data to explain why households are postponing consumption despite rapid income growth. Tracing cohorts over time indicates a virtual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247694