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Precautionary Savings by Natives and Immigrants in Germany
Piracha, Matloob; Zhu, Yu - 2007
remittances into account. Moreover, we find that marginal propensity to save for immigrants is about 40% higher than that for … naturalization has caused significant reductions of savings and remittances for immigrants as a whole, in the magnitude of 13% and 29 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600679
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Bringing Home the Money: Xenophobia and Remittances: The Case of Germany
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2008
The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In … contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of … individuals with a personal migration background. Major findings are: First, concerns about xenophobia lead to higher remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600738
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Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2011
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained … be explained by the underlying transnational network contract. Second, remittances sent by foreigners and naturalized … reunification in the destination country and decreases remittances. Third, the structure of the existing social network in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600996
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Intertemporal remittance behaviour by immigrants in Germany
Bettin, Giulia; Lucchetti, Riccardo - 2012
In this paper, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in the 1997-2009 period for a large sample of migrants from 84 countries in order to develop an empirical model for the propensity by migrants to remit. Our model takes into full account the intertemporal aspects of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290733
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Bringing Home the Money: Xenophobia and Remittances: The Case of Germany
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In … contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of … individuals with a personal migration background. Major findings are: First, concerns about xenophobia lead to higher remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017407
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Precautionary Savings by Natives and Immigrants in Germany
Piracha, Matloob; Zhu, Yu - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
remittances into account. Moreover, we find that marginal propensity to save for immigrants is about 40% higher than that for … naturalization has caused significant reductions of savings and remittances for immigrants as a whole, in the magnitude of 13% and 29 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018741
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Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained … be explained by the underlying transnational network contract. Second, remittances sent by foreigners and naturalized … reunification in the destination country and decreases remittances. Third, the structure of the existing social network in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804166
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Intertemporal Remittance Behaviour by Immigrants in Germany
Bettin, Giulia; Lucchetti, Riccardo - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
In this paper, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in the 1997-2009 period for a large sample of migrants from 84 countries in order to develop an empirical model for the propensity by migrants to remit. Our model takes into full account the intertemporal aspects of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010601629
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Echoes of the past: The enduring impact of communism on contemporary freedom of speech values
Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga - 2023
This paper studies the long-term consequences of communism on present-day freedom of expression values in two settings - East Germany and the states linked to the sphere of influence of the former USSR. Exploiting the natural experiment of German separation and later reunification, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014479652
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What drives academic data sharing?
Fecher, Benedikt; Friesike, Sascha; Hebing, Marcel - 2014
Despite widespread support from policy makers, funding agencies, and scientific journals, academic researchers rarely make their research data available to others. At the same time, data sharing in research is attributed a vast potential for scientific progress. It allows the reproducibility of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352764