retirement becomes shorter. At the median level of years to retirement, the absolute values of the elasticity of savings with … migrants and then test its implications by using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel on immigrants from 92 source …

in Germany reveal that optimal migration duration decreases in ppp. The empirical findings also imply that … parity (ppp) and relative wages between the host and source countries. A theoretical model of joint migration duration and … saving decisions reveals that the optimal migration duration decreases in ppp unless the elasticity of intertemporal …

. -- return migration ; migrants' savings ; purchasing power differentials … the higher purchasing power of savings (generated from work abroad) at home than abroad as a motive for return migration …

This paper analyzes savings and asset holdings of immigrants in relation to their return plans. We argue that savings … and asset accumulation may be affected by return plans of immigrants. Further, the way savings and assets are held in the … home- and host country may also be related to future return plans. Thus, comparing savings and assets between immigrants …

purchasing power parity (ppp) and the wage ratio between the host and source countries. It is shown that in theory immigrants may … stay longer in the host country as a result of an increase in ppp, in particular those with a high willingness to … substitute consumption intertemporally. However, the empirical results from immigrants in Germany reveal that optimal migration …

retirement becomes shorter. At the median level of years to retirement, the absolute values of the elasticity of savings with … migrants and then test its implications by using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel on immigrants from 92 source …

migrants and then test its implications by using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel on immigrants from 92 source … the time to retirement becomes shorter. At the median level of years to retirement, the absolute values of the elasticity … of savings with respect to the nominal exchange rate and with respect to the source-country price level are both close to …