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Why do migrants remit? Testing hypotheses for the case of Morocco
Bouoiyour, Jamal; Miftah, Amal - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-20
We use Moroccan data to study the determinants of international migrants' remittances, testing the altruistic and … welfare hypotheses. In particular, we analyze and assess what motivates migrants to send remittances back home. Our results … lend support to the altruistic hypothesis suggesting that remittances are sent to households with low levels of welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586030
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Why do migrants remit? Testing hypotheses for the case of Morocco
Bouoiyour, Jamal; Miftah, Amal - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2015
We use Moroccan data to study the determinants of international migrants’ remittances, testing the altruistic and … welfare hypotheses. In particular, we analyze and assess what motivates migrants to send remittances back home. Our results … lend support to the altruistic hypothesis suggesting that remittances are sent to households with low levels of welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265521
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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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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 …. Policies in receiving developed countries towards migrants can enhance the positive impact of migration for development. Among … those are measures to support the early integration of migrants into the educational systems and in the labor markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114016
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The impact of migration on family left behind : estimation in presence of intra-household selection of migrants
Murard, Elie - 2019
This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as to whether or not send a migrant. Yet, the subsequent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974338
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Financial education for migrants and their families
Atkinson, Adele; Messy, Flore-Anne - 2015
Money remitted by international migrants is a major source of income for many countries around the world, exceeding all … international development funds combined. Yet individual migrants and their families are often amongst the most vulnerable people in …-quality financial education for migrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404036
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The Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind : Estimation in Presence of Intra-Household Selection of Migrants
Murard, Elie - 2019
This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as to whether or not send a migrant. Yet, the subsequent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894050
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Remittances and their effect on emigration intentions in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Groenewold, George; Fokkema, Tineke - 2005
, receipt of remittances may contribute to new flows of migration, in particular in the case of Morocco. …What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration …? These two questions are examined empirically in Egypt, Turkey and Morocco for households with family members living abroad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343282
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Feminization of migration and trends in remittances : independent female migrants may be a reliable source of remittances despite the difficulties they encounter in labor markets
Le Goff, Maëlan - 2016
Migrants' remittances to developing countries have increased in recent decades, partly due to reduced transactions … explanation. Despite the difficulties female migrants encounter in the labor market, their total remittances may be higher and … more resilient than those of male migrants, owing to these women's stronger links to family members left behind and self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434036