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Crisis Region Western Africa : the cradle of African migration to Europe
Kohnert, Dirk - 2007 - Rev.
neglected - economic and socio-cultural effects of the brain drain. Remittances of African migrants contribute considerably not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335181
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Evidence on policies to increase the development impacts of international migration
McKenzie, David J.; Yang, Dean - 2014
remittances to be used more effectively, and concerns about externalities from skilled workers being lost. As a result there is … number of other policies, such as lowering the cost of remittances, reducing passport costs, offering dual citizenship, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413159
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The impacts of international migration on remaining household members: omnibus results from a migration lottery program
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David; Stillman, Steven - 2009
The impacts of international migration on development in the sending countries, and especially the effects on remaining household members, are increasingly studied. However, comparisons of households in developing countries with and without migrants are complicated by a double-selectivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271333
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Temporary migration policies and welfare of the host and source countries : a game-theoretic approach
Djajić, Slobodan; Michael, Michael S. - 2009
This paper examines the interaction between migration policies of the host and source countries in the context of a model of guest-worker migration. For the host, the objective is to provide low-cost labor for its employers while avoiding illegal immigration. It optimizes over these objectives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273812
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Selection policy and immigrants' remittance behaviour
Mahuteau, Stéphane; Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimiliano - 2010
This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants' remittance behaviour. More precisely, we compare the remittance behaviour of two cohorts who entered Australia before and after the policy change, which consists of stricter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275837
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Selection policy and immigrants' remittance behaviour
Mahuteau, Stephane; Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimiliano - 2010
This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants' remittance behaviour. More precisely, we compare the remittance behaviour of two cohorts who entered Australia before and after the policy change, which consists of stricter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277846
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282554
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The economics of circular migration
Constant, Amelie F.; Nottmeyer, Olga; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012
Circular migration receives increasing attention due to its empirical relevance and as a policy concept to manage labor flows. This review discusses the advantages and disadvantages of circular movements for all parties. It studies the characteristics of circular movers worldwide and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290002
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336074
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Migration and families left behind : families that stay behind when a member migrates do not clearly benefit
Démurger, Sylvie - 2015
behind through remittances. However, splitting up families in this way may also have multiple adverse effects on education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430776