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A socio-economic picture of Kosovar migrants and their origin farm households
Möllers, Judith; Meyer, Wiebke; Xhema, Sherif; … - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 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/10010980662
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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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Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Migration and Remittances in Bangladesh: A Survey Based Analysis
Raihan, Selim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study, based on a household survey, contributes to an enhanced understanding about the impact of the global financial crisis (GFC) on migrant household in Bangladesh. The household survey was implemented by collecting data from 217 samples of migrant households from three Upazillas in three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258067
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Remittances, Migrants’Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
DOCQUIER, Frédéric; RAPOPORT, Hillel; SALOMONE, Sara - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2011
remittance and migration data and proxy measures for the restrictiveness and selectivity of immigration policies at destination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019030
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Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10009369415
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Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 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/10009358645
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A primer of international migration: The Latin American experience and a proposal for a research agenda
Garcia, Pablo M; Rodriguez-Montemayor, Eduardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Although the phenomenon of international migration has been around for a while, in the last decades there has been a … international migration and make special emphasis on how the Latin American experience fits in it. We first present an overview of … migration patterns in the region and highlight the importance of the United States as the prime destination for Latin American …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680322
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Migration, remittances and household welfare in Ethiopia
Andersson L. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of international remittances and migration on household welfare in Ethiopia. We … international migration and remittances. The results reveal that remittances have a significant impact on a welfare variable that … has previously not received much attention in the migration literature, namely household subjective economic well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856390
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Remittances, Migrants’ Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; Salomone, Sara - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 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/10010861933
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The Macroeconomic Effect of Remittances on the Nigerian Economy: A Time Series Approach
Audu, Nathan Pelesai - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 2 (2012) 3, pp. 142-155
Remittances have become an important source of foreign exchange earning in many developing economies like Nigeria as migrants continue to send money (income) to relatives at home but the main motive for remitting income remains controversial among scholars and policy makers. This paper therefore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706256