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The Purpose of Remittances – Evidence from Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias G. - 2009
This paper examines the purpose of remittances using individual data of migrants in Germany. Particular attention is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265815
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The Purpose of Remittances – Evidence from Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias G. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
This paper examines the purpose of remittances using individual data of migrants in Germany. Particular attention is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036045
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Determinants of Savings and Remittances – Empirical Evidence from Immigrants to Germany
Sinning, Mathias - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2007
, remittances are higher if close relatives live in the sending country. Finally,Vuong-tests indicate that the double-hurdle model … is the correct specification for the analysis of migrants’ savings and remittances rather than the conventional Tobit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738722
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Remittances and the brain drain: Evidence from microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
Bredtmann, Julia; Martínez Flores, Fernanda; Otten, … - 2016
Research on the relationship between high-skilled migration and remittances has been limited by the lack of suitable …. Our results reveal that migrants' education has no significant impact on the likelihood of sending remittances …. Conditional on sending remittances, however, high-skilled migrants send significantly higher amounts of money to their households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559321
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Heterogeneity in marginal returns to language training of immigrants
Giesecke, Matthias; Schuss, Eric - 2019
We estimate the effect of language training on subsequent employment and wages of immigrants under essential heterogeneity. The identifying variation is based on regional differences in language training availability that we use to instrument endogenous participation. Estimating marginal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063183
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The deterrence effect of immigration enforcement in transit countries: Evidence from Central American deportees
Martínez Flores, Fernanda - 2018
Immigration enforcement cooperation between final destination and transit countries has increased in the last decades. However, the question whether these measures are successful in deterring undocumented migrants has not been previously explored by the empirical literature. This paper examines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011842705
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Climate anomalies and international migration: A disaggregated analysis for West Africa
Martinez Flores, Fernanda; Milusheva, Sveta; Reichert, … - 2021
Migration is one of the channels West African populations can use to adjust to the negative impacts of climate change. Using novel geo-referenced and high-frequency data, this study investigates the extent to which soil moisture anomalies drive international migration decisions within the region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012613062
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The myth of the misinformed migrant? Survey insights from Nigeria's irregular migration epicenter
Beber, Bernd; Scacco, Alexandra - 2022
Policy projections and recent research suggest that large numbers of irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa will continue to attempt to make their way to Europe over the next few decades. In response, European countries have made and continue to make significant investments in information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412993
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Migration response to an immigration shock: Evidence from Russia's aggression against Ukraine
Zuchowski, David - 2023
Russia's attacks against Ukraine have triggered massive and unexpected migration movements. In this paper, I examine the impact of the inflow of Ukrainians that resulted from Russia's aggression in 2014 on local migration patterns in Poland. For identification, I use an instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014456424
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Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany
Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias - 2007
This paper analyzes whether immigrant families facing credit constraints adopt a family investment strategy wherein,upon arrival,an immigrant spouse invests in host country-specific human capital while the other partner works to finance the family's current consumption. Using data for West...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264696