; international migration ; remittances …Circular migration receives increasing attention due to its empirical relevance and as a policy concept to manage labor … characteristics of circular movers worldwide and investigates the consequences of restrictive migration policies. Recent policy …

This study sheds light on the effect that international remittances have on expenditure patterns of urban households in … that households which receive remittances from abroad spend, on average and ceteris paribus, a higher share of their … households which do not receive remittances. Moreover, looking at the effect of international remittances on marginal spending …

between labor market regions versus those who make such regional relocations. We investigate whether migration contribute to … of labor market status. The results indicate that domestic migration is partial beneficial for immigrants to obtain …

but this impact can vary widely. At the meso-economic level relevant data show that migration and remittances concentrate …In developing countries, the contribution of the growing amount of migrant remittances to development remains an … unsettled issue. At the macroeconomic level remittances do represent an external flow way above official aid and often in line …

remittances to their countries of origin. In 2004, remittances exceeded official development aid in several emigration countries …