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Workers’ remittances have become the second largest source of net financial flows to developing countries. However, the … main motives for sending remittances remain controversial. This paper examines the importance of altruistic versus … investment motive. Finally, migrants’ skills raise remittances, while a large informal economy in the sending country depresses …
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habits: migrants who regularly use internet banking for other purposes are more likely to use bank services for remittances …
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habits: migrants who regularly use internet banking for other purposes are more likely to use bank services for remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054673
Workers' remittances have become the second largest source of net financial flows to developing countries. However, the … main motives for sending remittances remain controversial. This paper examines the importance of altruistic versus … investment motive. Finally, migrants' skills raise remittances, while a large informal economy in the sending country depresses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317412
We use household surveys to describe differences in wages, income, wealth and liquid assets of households born in their country of residence ("natives") vs. those born in other EU and non- EU countries ("immigrants"). The differences in wealth are more substantial than the differences in wages...
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In this paper I investigate the retirement-consumption puzzle in Italy for the period 2010-2016, using SHIW data. In order to address the endogeneity of the retirement decision, I estimate the effect of retirement by exploiting the exogeneity of pension eligibility in an instrumental variable...
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This paper studies the nature, evolution, and sources of inflation heterogeneity across households in France and Germany. Inflation differences are large and persistent. The two main sources of inflation heterogeneity are spatial differences in the prices paid for the same product and...
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contrast, monetary policy has only negligible effects on wealth inequality. …
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This paper studies the effect of deep recessions on intergenerational inequality by quantifying the welfare effects on …
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LTV/DSTI limits can increase inequality at introduction, they can dampen the increase in inequality under adverse … borrower-based measures have a moderate negative welfare impact in terms of wealth inequality and a negligible impact on income … inequality. …
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