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Chapter 17 The Economics of Migrants' Remittances
Rapoport, Hillel; Docquier, Frédéric - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1135-1198). 2006
This chapter reviews the recent theoretical and empirical economic literature on migrants' remittances. It is divided … between a microeconomic section on the determinants of remittances and a macroeconomic section on their growth effects. At the … timing of remittances. The results from selected empirical studies show that a mixture of individualistic (e.g., altruism …
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Migrant remittances and information flows : evidence from a field experiment
Batista, Catia; Narciso, Gaia - 2013
intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228776
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Diaspora externalities : a view from the South
Rapoport, Hillel - 2018
Migration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets) and for the most part these can be seen as pure externalities. Diasporas are an example of such an externality. This paper reviews the recent economic...
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Network abroad and culture : global individual-level evidence
Turati, Riccardo - 2024
This paper analyzes whether natives with a network abroad have a distinctive cultural stance compared to similar individuals without such connections within the same region. Using individual-level data on connectedness from the Gallup World Poll across 2,256 within-country regions over 148...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053879
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Network abroad and culture : global individual-level evidence
Turati, Riccardo - 2024
This paper analyzes whether natives with a network abroad have a distinctive cultural stance compared to similar individuals without such connections within the same region. Using individual-level data on connectedness from the Gallup World Poll across 2,256 within-country regions over 148...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015071997
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Migration and Cultural Change
Rapoport, Hillel; Sardoschau, Sulin - 2022
-based cultural convergence, with cultural remittances as its main driver. In other words and in contrast to the populist narrative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084067
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Migration and Culture
Epstein, Gil S. - 2010
Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding openly into the discussion, usually under some pseudonym. The authors bring culture into the open. They are concerned with how culture manifests itself in the migration process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139048
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The Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind : Estimation in Presence of Intra-Household Selection of Migrants
Murard, Elie - 2019
This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as to whether or not send a migrant. Yet, the subsequent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894050
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Migration and Culture
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010
Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding openly into the discussion, usually under some pseudonym. The authors bring culture into the open. They are concerned with how culture manifests itself in the migration process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008810057
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Gender, educational attainment, and the impact of parental migration on children left behind
Antman, Francisca M. - 2012
dollars from U.S. migrant remittances appear to enable families to further educate their daughters. Thus, policymakers should …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548641