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Estimating the determinants of remittances originating from U.S. households using CPS data
Simpson, Nicole B.; Sparber, Chad - 2019
The U.S. is the largest source country of remittances with an outflow of more than $70 billion estimated for 2016 … determinants of remittances originating from the United States for a diverse set of approximately 3,800 households with at least … 0.20-0.30. Remittances are more responsive to earnings in households with more adult women relative to men. …
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Financial education for migrants and their families
Atkinson, Adele; Messy, Flore-Anne - 2015
importance and vulnerability, some home and host countries are taking measures to support migrant workers and their families and …
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The impact of migration on family left behind : estimation in presence of intra-household selection of migrants
Murard, Elie - 2019
to whether or not send a migrant. Yet, the subsequent selection of which family members migrate and which stay behind …
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A reevaluation of the role of family in immigrants' labor market activity : evidence from a comparison of single and married immigrants
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Gotlibovski, Chemi; Kahana, Nava - 2009
Previous papers tested the validity of the Family Investment Hypothesis (FIH) among immigrants by comparing the labor … credit constraints are binding, then only married immigrants can cross-finance their investment within the family. In order … to a rejection of the FIH in both countries. -- Family investment model ; labor supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003847131
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Do better schools lead to more growth? : cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920009
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Moving to a new job : the role of home equity, debt, and access to credit
Demyanyk, Yuliya; Hryshko, Dmytro; Luengo-Prado, Maria José - 2016
Using individual-level credit reports merged with loan-level mortgage data, we estimate how mobility relates to home equity when labor markets are weak or strong. We control for constant individual-specific traits with fixed effects and find that homeowners with negative home equity move to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478527
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Internal U.S. Migration and Consumption Dynamics : A Panel Data Analysis
Kim, Hyun Yeol - 2021
Using the Kilts Nielsen Consumer Panel (KNCP), this paper documents new stylized facts on expenditure and income growth upon migration. First, movers' KNCP expenditures relative to non-movers' decline by 6% during a year before the move, and then increase by 9% during a year after the move....
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Ethnicity and the immigration of highly skilled workers to the United States
Jasso, Guillermina - 2009
proportions in EB-2 and EB-3 sent remittances than in the cohort overall. (6) A little measure of assimilation - using dollars to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269358
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The impact of the 1996 US Immigration Policy Reform (IIRIRA) on Mexican migrants' remittances
Vaira-Lucero, Matias; Nahm, Daehoon; Tani, Massimiliano - 2012
' motivations are not only altruistic but also self-interested. Given that migrants' remittances and their savings are important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282214
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Illegal migration, wages, and remittances : semi-parametric estimation of illegality effects
Schluter, Christian; Wahba, Jackline - 2009
We consider the issue of illegal migration from Mexico to the US, and examine whether the lack of legal status causally impacts on outcomes, specifically wages and remitting behavior. These outcomes are of particular interest given the extent of legal and illegal migration, and the resulting...
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