or personal transfers) by 1139 pairs of migrants and recipients of remittances in Moldova in 2006. Explanatory variables … include socioeconomic characteristics of the migrant and other household members, the pattern of migration (destination … migrant’s irregular legal status in the host country, and short migration spells. …

is welfare improving for the foreign country, but welfare declining for the domestic country. If only multinational firms … are competitive, the impact on market structure and the welfare of the domestic country is indeterminate, whereas the … welfare of the foreign country improves. By contrast, if the oligopolistic industry is located in both countries, then FDI …

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 …

' interactions that explains how chain migration can lead to a breakdown of traditional caregiving structures while an opposing … data from Moldova and found to perform better than predictions of some established migration models. The empirical analysis … suggests that migration and staying in order to provide care are strategic complements for children of elderly parents in most …

lending. Financial transfers in the form of worker remittances have received less attention in this context. This paper … provides an analysis on the magnitude of remittances, their volatility, and their relationship to other capital flows. Moreover …, we provide empirical evidence on the determinants of remittances and private capital flows. …

industry productivity and social welfare. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with … low (high) trade costs; (ii) increases expected industry productivity; and (iii) raises expected social welfare if trade …

market concentration. Due to this concentration retail prices may be higher and welfare may be lower in free trade than in …