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Remittances as investment in the absence of altruism

González-König, Gabriel - 2005

In the absence of altruism, there is no obvious reason why a migrant should remit part of his income to his family for investment at the home location. If the family invests such income (in housing for example), why would they give it back to the migrant when he returns? This paper is based on...

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Migration and adjustment to shocks in transition economies

Fidrmuc, Jan - 2001

Does migration serve as an effective channel of regional adjustment to idiosyncratic shocks in transition economies? If … so, one should find a strong relationship between regional unemployment and average wages on the one hand, and migration … flows on the other. Yet, the evidence from transition economies indicates that the efficacy of migration in reducing inter …

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Public education in an integrated Europe: Studying to migrate and teaching to stay?

Poutvaara, Panu - 2005

An increasing international applicability of a given type of education encourages students to invest more effort when studying. Governments, on the other hand, face an incentive to divert the provision of public education away from internationally applicable education toward country-specific...

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Voice of the diaspora: An analysis of migrant voting behavior

Fidrmuc, Jan; Doyle, Orla - 2005

evidence that differences in migrants' political attitudes are caused by pre-migration self-selection with regard to political … significantly in the wake of migration as migrants adapt to the norms and values prevailing in the host country. This change away …

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Migration, remittances and educational outcomes: The case of Haiti

Bredl, Sebastian - 2009

Using the Cox proportional hazards model this paper empirically investigates how migration of household members and the …

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And What About the Family Back Home? International Migration and Happiness

Borraz, Fernando; Pozo, Susan; Rossi, Máximo - 2008

In this study we use data on subjective well being and migration in Cuenca, one of the Ecuador's largest cities. We … examine the impact of migration on the happiness of the family left behind. We use the propensity score matching estimator to … take into account the endogeneity of migration. Our results indicate that migration reduces the happiness of those left …

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Economic Migration, Networks and Human Capital Transferability from the New European Borderlands. A Comparison of Five Eastern European Countries.

Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - 2008

and Ukraine to investigate the determinants for short term migration and its destination and duration patterns. Special … transferability of human capital made by migrants prior to their stay abroad. We find that many determinants and migration patterns … from the migration literature, e.g. the prevalence of older migrants and the low importance of children in the migration …

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Income Diversification and Poverty in a Growing Agricultural Economy: The Case of Ghana

Lay, Jann; Schüler, Dana - 2008

households increasingly diversify their livelihoods by both increased migration and more local non-farm employment. These … to migration. Low-income households increase their income share in particular from local non-farm activities through more …

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Ethanol Production, Food and Forests

Andrade de Sa, Saraly; Palmer, Charles; Engel, Stefanie - 2010

This paper investigates the direct and indirect impacts of ethanol production on land use, deforestation and food production. A partial equilibrium model of a national economy with two sectors and two regions, one of which includes a residual forest, is developed. It analyses how an exogenous...

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Expenditure Patterns of Migrant Households: Evidence from Moldova

Poppe, Robert - 2010

This paper examines the effect of temporary and permanent migration on household expenditures and on asset … households are more likely to own more goods or assets than non-migrant households. Migration has stronger effects on ownership … in rural areas. Overall, the findings indicate that temporary migration has a stronger effect on household expenditures …

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