The literature has focused on motives to explain remittance behavior. But as nonanonymous transfers, remittances are …

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The …

Weltweit erreichen Überweisungen von Migranten in ihr Heimatland (Remittances) ein Ausmaß, das die offizielle … bedeutendsten Herkunftsländer. Aus der Sicht der Empfängerländer spielen Remittances häufig eine große gesamtwirtschaftliche Rolle …. Die Motive von in Deutschland lebenden Migrantinnen und Migranten, Geld in ihr Heimatland zu überweisen, wurden bislang …

This paper examines how attractive investment opportunities available to temporary migrants in their country of origin … investment after return. At a more general level, the paper illustrates how the behavior of temporary migrants reflects the …

savings and remittances for immigrants after the easing of citizenship requirements, compared to the pre-reform period. Our …

metropolitan regions of Sweden by using a relative new operationalization of the neighbourhood concept. Neighbourhoods are …

Social assistance receipt among immigrants in relation to receipt among natives in Sweden is investigated. A background … interpreted. Most out-payment for social assistance in Sweden refers to foreign born persons although the category makes up 14 …

This paper studies the effects of remittances from the U.S. on child labor and school attendance in recipient Mexican …

What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration … effects on receipt of remittances than net earnings potential of households in the country of origin. Second, the receipt of … remittances has a positive effect on emigration intentions of household members living in the country of origin. Therefore …