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A socio-economic picture of Kosovar migrants and their origin farm households
Möllers, Judith; Meyer, Wiebke; Xhema, Sherif; … - 2013
with migrants in Germany. We present data on both sides of migration: the migrant household in the destination country as …-economic features of three migration waves. Individual demographic characteristics of the migrant are analysed as well as economic … features including the income situation and the remitting behaviour. We furthermore discuss the nature of migration - if it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331329
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Remittances, migrants' education and immigration policy: Theory and evidence from bilateral data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011
-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336074
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Remittances and the brain drain: Evidence from microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
Bredtmann, Julia; Martínez Flores, Fernanda; Otten, … - 2016
Research on the relationship between high-skilled migration and remittances has been limited by the lack of suitable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559321
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Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
Bredtmann, Julia; Martínez Flores, Fernanda; Otten, … - 2016
Research on the relationship between high-skilled migration and remittances has been limited by the lack of suitable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584682
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Determinants of workers’ remittances: evidence from the European Neighbouring Region
Schiopu, Ioana; Siegfried, Nikolaus - 2006
Workers’ remittances have become the second largest source of net financial flows to developing countries. However, the main motives for sending remittances remain controversial. This paper examines the importance of altruistic versus investment motives using a new panel data set of bilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604734
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Emigration, Remittances and the Subjective Well-Being of Those Staying Behind
Ivlevs, Artjoms; Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol Lee - 2018
, only the out-migration of family members is positively associated with life evaluations, while remittances have no … are not offset by remittances. The out-migration of family members appears more traumatic in contexts where migration is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873441
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Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria
Bang, James T.; Mitra, Aniruddha; Wunnava, Phanindra V. - 2018
This paper investigates the impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Nigeria. In contrast to the existing literature, our methodology of instrumental variable quantile regression (IVQR) explicitly demonstrates the differential marginal impact of remittances for households at different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873442
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Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - 2011
-selective. These predictions are then tested empirically using bilateral remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532860
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Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
Bredtmann, Julia; Flores, Fernanda Martínez; Otten, … - 2016
Research on the relationship between high-skilled migration and remittances has been limited by the lack of suitable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532984
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Post electoral crisis and international remittances: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire
Konan, Yao Silvère - 2017
This paper analyzes the determinants of international remittances received during the post electoral crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, using data collected 5 months after the end of the conflict. The author finds that the crisis has been a means of mobilizing social capital and demonstrating altruistic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011736833