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unresolved issue, namely whether remittances increase or decrease with migrants' level of education. The determinants of … remittances considered include migration levels and rates, migrants' education level, and source countries' income, financial … in the few existing studies on this topic. Our main finding is that remittances decrease with the share of migrants with …
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migrants send home. This paper examines whether remittances actually increase with migrants' education level. The determinants … of remittances it considers include migration levels or rates, migrants' education level, and source countries' income … considered in the few studies on this topic. Our main finding is that remittances decrease with the share of migrants with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325300
immigrant networks. -- immigrant networks ; remittances ; Spain …
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This paper explores the existence of network effects in migrants' remittance behavior. In this study, networks are defined as groups of immigrants from the same country that live in the same locality. Using the National Immigrant Survey, a unique database for Spain, immigrants are found to be...
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ambiguous net effects on decisions about work, investment, and education. These net effects, and their mechanisms, are poorly … understood. We study a policy discontinuity in the Philippines that resulted in quasi-random assignment of temporary, partial … jobs on migrant households. A purpose-built survey allows nonexperimental tests of different theoretical mechanisms for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009672252
ambiguous net effects on decisions about work, investment, and education. These net effects, and their mechanisms, are poorly … understood. We study a policy discontinuity in the Philippines that resulted in quasi-random assignment of temporary, partial … jobs on migrant households. A purpose-built survey allows nonexperimental tests of different theoretical mechanisms for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096767
ambiguous net effects on decisions about work, investment, and education. These net effects, and their mechanisms, are poorly … understood. We study a policy discontinuity in the Philippines that resulted in quasi-random assignment of temporary, partial … jobs on migrant households. A purpose-built survey allows nonexperimental tests of different theoretical mechanisms for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081686
This chapter investigates the financial behavior of immigrants using data from the United States and Italy. While the income and occupational mobility of immigrants have received attention, much less is known about their financial market participation. To explore this aspect of immigrant...
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. Simulation shows that if the number of deportations in relation to the size of the undocumented migrant workforce is small, then …
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. Simulation shows that if the number of deportations in relation to the size of the undocumented migrant workforce is small, then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109863