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Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances

Fullenkamp, Connel; Cosimano, Thomas F.; Gapen, Michael T. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Given the large size of aggregate remittance flows (billions of dollars annually), they should be expected to have significant macroeconomic effects on the economies that receive them. This paper directly addresses the two main issues of interest to policymakers with regard to remittances--how...

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How effective is an ethical international recruitment policy? Reflections on a decade of experience in England

Young, Ruth - In: Health Policy 111 (2013) 2, pp. 184-192

/migration into wider development agendas – as a platform for training and skills development for the developing world. Overall, it …

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Workers without frontiers : the impact of globalization on international migration

Stalker, Peter - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000

Addressing a gap in most discussions on globalization, Stalker examines how migration interacts with movement of goods and capital and how it is closely tied to social and economic changes. He makes starkly clear the major impact that economic convergence is likely to have on migrant flows and...

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The global economic crisis and migrant workers : impact and response

Awad, Ibrahim - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2009

Analyses the actual and potential impact of the global crisis on international migrant workers through a focus on four issue areas. These are the employment and migration opportunities available to migrant workers, including changes in the demand for migrant labour and possible return to...

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South American immigrants in the USA: Education levels, tasks performed and the decision to go back home

Medina, Carlos; Posso, Christian - In: Journal of Economic Studies 40 (2013) 2, pp. 255-279

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the main factors influencing the decision of migrants from South America (SA) living in the USA to return to their countries of origin. In particular, it is aimed at understanding the role played by higher education in this decision. Although...

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A global assessment of human capital mobility: the role of non-OECD destinations

Erhan, Artucm; Docquier, Frederic; Ozden, Caglar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Discussions of high-skilled mobility typically evoke migration patterns from poorer to wealthier countries, which ignore movements to and between developing countries. This paper presents, for the first time, a global overview of human capital mobility through bilateral migration stocks by...

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Return Migration – Reasons, Consequences and Benefits

Pîrvu, Ramona; Axinte, Gheorghe - In: Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics 12 (2012) 4, pp. 193-202

Return migration is probably the aspect of the migration cycle, which was granted the lowest attention, perhaps because most research resources are located in highly developed countries, while most of the returning most returnees return to developing countries.. This is especially unfortunate...

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Reconsidering Migration, Globalization and Social Conditions in the World System

Ozen, Hilal; Kaya, Ismail - In: Bogazici Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences 27 (2013) 2

theories today, including a) Demographic factors, b) Dependency and world systems approaches, c) Feminist paradigms, d …) Migration, h) Military expenditures and military personnel rates, i) Neo-liberal approaches, and j) World religious factors. Our … statistical program and international comparative country-level data for the world in 2000 and after, take into account the non …

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Motivating migrants: A field experiment on financial decision-making in transnational households

Seshan, Ganesh; Yang, Dean - In: Journal of Development Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 119-127

We randomly assigned male migrant workers in Qatar invitations to a motivational workshop aimed at improving financial habits and encouraging joint decision-making with spouses back home in India. 13–17months later, we surveyed migrants and wives to estimate intent-to-treat impacts in their...

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International Remittances and Human Capital Formation

Salas, Vania B. - In: World Development 59 (2014) C, pp. 224-237

This article investigates the effect of international migration on children left behind in Peru. The theoretical model is based on human capital theory and educational investment decision linked to remittances. The model analyzes the role of international remittances on the investment decision...

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