migration has a stronger effect on household expenditures than permanent migration. -- expenditures ; remittances ; migration …This paper examines the effect of temporary and permanent migration on household expenditures and on asset …/durables ownership. Using household survey data from Moldova, this paper relies on the matching approach for identification. It is shown …

Since the 1990s, Moldova has relied on migration as a vent for labour oversupply and on inflows of migrant remittances … this may intensify labour migration from Moldova. The paper considers opportunities for Moldova, an open economy with …

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 …, 1994; Rubin, 1974). I show that the point-identification of the causal impact of migration requires strong behavioral …

. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues are discussed. Post-enlargement migrants from all three countries … things equal, and human capital became increasingly less pro-migration over time. Return migrants differ from all movers in … many ways and, in particular, are more educated. Although brain drain was not a feature of post-accession Baltic migration …

; 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 …

Albania and Moldova, two countries that experience high migration and remittance flows, using household survey data. We focus … isolation. It is apparent that the causes and patterns of migration in Albania and Moldova influence the remitting behaviour and … why remittances are sent. …