In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained theoretically by way of intra-family contracts. We develop a basic formal concept that includes aspects of the transnational network and derive hypotheses from it. For our empirical...

Rücküberweisungen von Migrantinnen und Migranten in ihre Heimatländer (Remittances) haben in den letzten Jahren stark an Bedeutung gewonnen. Remittances werden hierbei auch verwendet, um Beschränkungen bei der Finanzierung einer Selbstständigkeit oder beim Immobilienerwerb zu umgehen....

For more than two decades now, current-account imbalances are a crucial issue in the international policy debate as they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows that internal current account imbalances inside a currency...

For more than two decades now, current-account imbalances are a crucial issue in the international policy debate as they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows that internal current account imbalances inside a currency...

Rücküberweisungen von Migrantinnen und Migranten in ihre Heimatländer (Remittances) haben in den letzten Jahren stark an Bedeutung gewonnen. Remittances werden hierbei auch verwendet, um Beschränkungen bei der Finanzierung einer Selbstständigkeit oder beim Immobilienerwerb zu umgehen....

For more than two decades now, current-account imbalances are a crucial issue in the international policy debate as they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows that internal current account imbalances inside a currency...

For more than two decades now, current-account imbalances are a crucial issue in the international policy debate as they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows that internal current account imbalances inside a currency...

For more than two decades now, current-account imbalances are a crucial issue in the international policy debate as they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows that internal current account imbalances inside a currency...

For more than two decades now, current-account imbalances are a crucial issue in the international policy debate as they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows that internal current account imbalances inside a currency...