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Macroeconomic implications of remittances in MENA and Mediterranean countries
Berthomieu, Claude; Tykhonenko, Anna - In: Topics in Middle Eastern and North African economies : … 11 (2009), pp. 1-19
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003939218
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Determinants and uses of remittances to Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries : insights from a new survey
Miotti, Egidio Luis; Mouhoud, El Mouhoub; Oudinet, Joël - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417045
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A Stochastic Model of Migrant Rescue in the Mediterranean Sea
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2016
We theoretically study the rescue of destitute migrants seeking to reach Europe on boats across the Mediterranean Sea. To this end, we first construct a discrete-time Markov chain (DTMC) model of a stylized rescue process. Second, we specify the one-step transition probabilities of the DTMC....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986534
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A Stochastic Model of Migrant Rescue in the Mediterranean Sea
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2016
We theoretically study the rescue of destitute migrants seeking to reach Europe on boats across the Mediterranean Sea. To this end, we first construct a discrete-time Markov chain (DTMC) model of a stylized rescue process. Second, we specify the one-step transition probabilities of the DTMC....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999717
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Interrelationships Between Violent Crime, Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors : A Preliminary Analysis Between Central-Northern European Countries and Mediterranean Countries
Bellitto, Matteo; Coccia, Mario - 2018
The paper here investigates possible relationships between violent crime, migration and unemployment. Results seem to show an association between some crimes - such as theft, assaults and sexual violence- and immigration but not between intentional homicides and immigration. Preliminary evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014110341
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#Portichiusi : The Human Costs of Migrant Deterrence in the Mediterranean
Cantarella, Michele - 2019
Using daily data on forced migration from the IOM and Frontex, I compare trends in flows and mortality across three major migration routes in the Mediterranean, analysing the effects of the introduction of rescue-deterrence policies in Italy. Controlling for exogenous shocks which affect push...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014104345
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Labour and migration in rural Vietnam
Narciso, Gaia - 2015
that remittances and migration act as a shock-coping mechanism, especially in the presence of natural shocks. Remittance …
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Environmental disasters and migration
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015
insurance mechanism against environmental shocks. Remittances help to decrease households' vulnerability to shocks but also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346755
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Migrant remittances and information flows : evidence from a field experiment
Batista, Catia; Narciso, Gaia - 2013
intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228776
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Money for nothing? : Ukrainian immigrants in Poland and their remitting behaviors
Kaczmarczyk, Paweł - 2013
Analysis of remittances lies in the very centre of the scientific debate on developmental impacts of migration. On the …. On the micro level remittances may constitute the major source of income and become a means towards consumption smoothing … (migration as survival strategy). Notwithstanding, the very nature of remittances and underlying factors are still under …
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