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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 paid to migrants' savings and transfers to family members in the home country. Our findings indicate that migrants who intend to stay in Germany only temporarily have a higher...
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 paid to migrants’ savings and transfers to family members in the home country. Our findings indicate that migrants who intend to stay in Germany only temporarily have a higher...
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
This paper investigates the determinants of migrants’ financial transfers to their home country using German data.A double-hurdle model is applied to analyze the determinants of the propensity to send transfers abroad and the amount of transfers.The findings reveal that return intentions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738722
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People's Attitudes and the Effects of Immigration to Australia
Sinning, Mathias; Vorell, Matthias - 2011
This paper compares the effects of immigration flows on economic outcomes and crime levels to the public opinion about these effects using individual and regional data for Australia. We employ an instrumental variables strategy to account for non-random location choices of immigrants and find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287364
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People‘s Attitudes and the Eff ects of Immigration to Australia
Sinning, Mathias; Vorell, Matthias - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
This paper compares the eff ects of immigration fl ows on economic outcomes and crime levels to the public opinion about these eff ects using individual and regional data for Australia. We employ an instrumental variables strategy to account for non-random location choices of immigrants and fi...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246534
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Job Security and Fertility: Evidence from German Reunification
Klemm, Marcus - 2012
German reunification to study empirically the relationship between job security and fertility. The civil servant … security and fertility emerges for men, the paper demonstrates a clear link between labor market and demographic outcomes for … causal impact of job security on fertility. It shows that female civil servants are not primarily a selected group of very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289833
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Job Security and Fertility: Evidence from German Reunification
Klemm, Marcus - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
German reunification to study empirically the relationship between job security and fertility. The civil servant … security and fertility emerges for men, the paper demonstrates a clear link between labor market and demographic outcomes for … causal impact of job security on fertility. It shows that female civil servants are not primarily a selected group of very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598392
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Determinants of Savings and Remittances – Empirical Evidence from Immigrants to Germany
Sinning, Mathias - 2007
This paper investigates the determinants of migrants' financial transfers to their home country using German data.A double-hurdle model is applied to analyze the determinants of the propensity to send transfers abroad and the amount of transfers.The findings reveal that return intentions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264695
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Computational Economic Modeling of Migration
Klabunde, Anna - 2014
In this paper an agent-based model of endogenously evolving migrant networks is developed to identify the determinants of migration and return decisions. Individuals are connected by links, the strength of which declines over time and distance. Methodologically, this paper combines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332851
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The impact of cultural diversity on the German housing market
Bayar, Mehmet - 2016
This paper documents a positive impact of cultural diversity and cultural similarity on rental prices of the German districts for the years between 2004 and 2013. On the one hand, an increase of the Herfindahl index as a measure for cultural diversity of 0.1 would increase rents by over 12...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011567128