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Remittances from Germany are substantial. Cross-border transfers to family and friendship networks outside Germany are not only made by foreigners. Many naturalized migrants send money home as well. Here, we focus on international networks and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the...
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Gender-specific determinants of remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In 2007, about 7.3 million foreigners were living in Germany. While the total number of foreigners has decreased over the last decade, female migration to Germany has increased....
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The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data. For our analysis of the probability and amount of remittances, we do not restrict ourselves on immigrants with a foreign citizenship, but focus on all individuals with a migration background. Major...
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The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of individuals with a personal migration background. Major...
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In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained theoretically by way of intra-family contracts. We develop a basic formal concept that includes aspects of the transnational network and derive hypotheses from it. For our empirical...
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Die Republik Belarus verfolgt seit Jahren eine rückwärtsgewandte Wirtschaftspolitik. Die Hoffnungen zielen darauf, durch eine wirtschaftliche Anbindung an Rußland — bis hin zur staatlichen Union — marktwirtschaftliche Reformen vermeiden zu können. Bis ins Jahr 1998 hinein hatte Rußland...
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Im Zuge der Aktivierung planwirtschaftlicher Instrumente in der Republik Belarus hat Präsident Lukaschenko im Laufe seiner bisherigen Amtsperiode Schritt für Schritt alle wesentlichen wirtschaftspolitischen Zuständigkeiten an sich gezogen. Von Anfang an sprach nichts für die Richtigkeit...
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Der Transformationsprozeß in Weißrußland gestaltet sich durch die starke Abhängigkeit vom Handel mit Rußland und die Folgekosten der Katastrophe von Tschernobyl besonders schwierig. Die weißrussische Regierung versucht, dieser besonderen Herausforderung durch eine Doppelstrategie zu...
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