the long-term impact of temporary labor migration. We use a propensity score matching (PSM) framework to compare … outcomes. Our results show that households that send women abroad are relatively poor and utilize migration to catch up with … economic position. We also find that remittances from females emphasize investment in home improvements and acquisition of farm …

During the last few decades cultural changes have been taking place in many countries due to migration. The degree to …

This paper examines how immigrants' migration duration and saving decisions in the host country respond to the … substitute consumption intertemporally. However, the empirical results from immigrants in Germany reveal that optimal migration … shorter migration duration than immigrants from wealthier source countries. The empirical results also reveal that saving rate …

the absence of data which includes immigrants from many countries. Looking first at the distribution of remittances, I … determinants of remittances among new immigrants and estimate remittance-income elasticities. From this analysis, I find evidence … discuss how future work will re-examine this investment motivation and its relationship to return migration by incorporating …

, remittances. Reliance on remittance income is seen as a stop gap that cannot secure sustainability of the monetary system and …

using household indicators on expenditures, educational level, health status and land holdings. The purpose is to assess …