This paper poses and answers a number of critical questions about the relationship between migration and …) Are immigrants really more entrepreneurial than natives? (ii) Are migrant remittances likely to fund entrepreneurship in … the answers, (iv) Does migration matter for development? We conclude that one must avoid seeing migrants as super …

study in the German context -- Chapter 15: Staying with it. The impact of family business ownership for African migration …

We incorporate remittances and microentrepreneurship (self-employment) into a small openeconomy business cycle model … with capital and labor market frictions. Countercyclical remittances moderate the decline of households' consumption during … recessions. These remittances also are used to finance the start-up costs of microenterprises that bolster households' income …

; (ii) providing remittances that fund start-ups in their countries of origin and (iii) returning entrepreneurial skills to … general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …