Arbeitsmigranten in Deutschland. Es werden hierbei beide Seiten der Migration ins Auge gefasst, also sowohl die Migranten selbst als … Migrationsmotive und geben Einblick in die soziökonomische Situation der Migranten. Wir gehen dabei auch auf die Dauer der Migration … to foreign capital inflow through remittances; remittances represented around 13% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009 …

remittances sent home from Gulf countries. This paper looks into the Kerala Model which shows economic development without … economic growth, by alligning migration and development theories to ground-level statistics and critically analyzing both. The …

incomes, migration stocks, exchange rates, and the banking system. The relative persistence of remittances suggests that it is …How responsive are remittances to various disasters, both natural and human-made? And would remittances be affected by … over the period 1980 to 2007, we find that remittances are slow to respond to natural disasters, unresponsive to outbreaks …

This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from … remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The results of our cross-section and panel analyses indicate that remittances … increase schooling and reduce child labour. Although international remittances are found to have a stronger beneficial impact …

Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the … risk aversion and remittance behavior. Risk-averse individuals are more likely to send remittances home and are, on average … a "purchase of self-insurance" motive to remit, we also provide evidence of more remittances sent by risk averse …

' 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 …

, proxied by their respective unemployment rates, on the labor market of Colombian cities with high migration tradition. These … countries negatively affect the probability and the amount of remittances received by Colombian households living in areas with … high and moderate migration tradition. At a second stage we provide evidence that unemployment rates of those countries …