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Religious affiliation and economic performance of Romanian emigrants : an empirical approach
Roman, Monica; Goschin, Zizi - 2011
reconfiguration of religions in the contemporary world. Religion often inspires migration, as religious minority groups facing … routines irremediably alter. In Romania religion also received some attention in recent theoretical and empirical analyses of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542562
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Emigration, remittances and the subjective well-being of those staying behind
Ivlevs, Artjoms; Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol - 2018
behind, existing studies have focused on single origin countries or specific world regions. Our study is the first to offer a …-being measures (evaluations of best possible life, positive affect, stress, and depression). Drawing upon Gallup World Poll data for … 114 countries during 2009-2011, we find that both having family members abroad and receiving remittances are positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821194
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Natural disasters and human mobility
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2016
can explain the relationship between natural disasters and migration. Moreover, migrants' remittances help to decrease …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523266
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Diaspora externalities
Rapoport, Hillel - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 10 (2019) 2/5, pp. 1-26
This review article surveys the recent economic literature on diaspora networks, globalization, and development. Diasporas are shown to contribute to the economic and cultural integration of source (i.e., developing) countries into the global economy. I first review the effect of diaspora...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064002
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Diaspora externalities : a view from the South
Rapoport, Hillel - 2018
Migration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets) and for the most part these can be seen as pure externalities. Diasporas are an example of such an externality. This paper reviews the recent economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806518
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Remittances and the brain drain revisited : the microdata show that more educated migrants remit more
Bollard, Albert; Morten, Melanie; Rapoport, Hillel - 2009
large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … than characteristics of their family situations explains much of the higher remittances. -- Remittances ; Migration ; Brain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899015
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Remittances and the brain drain revisited : the microdata show that more educated migrants remit more
Bollard, Albert; McKenzie, David J.; Morten, Melanie; … - 2009
large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … than characteristics of their family situations explains much of the higher remittances. -- Remittances ; migration ; brain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909197
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Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited : The Microdata Show that More Educated Migrants Remit More
Bollard, Albert - 2009
large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … than characteristics of their family situations explains much of the higher remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154983
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Knowledge Remittances : Does Emigration Foster Innovation?
Fackler, Thomas - 2019
Does the emigration of skilled individuals necessarily result in losses for source countries due to the brain drain? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively contributes to innovation in source countries. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892171
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Migration for development : from challenges to opportunities
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2017
sending countries are often undervalued. But migrants may foster trade, remittances, innovations, investments back home, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114016