Homeland impacts of developing country immigrants : an overview / by Susan Eckstein -- Migration and development : reconciling opposite views / by Alejandro Portes -- How overseas Chinese spurred the economic "miracle" in their homeland / by Min Ye -- Immigrants? : globalization of the Indian...

International migration offers individuals and their families the potential to experience immediate and large gains in their incomes, and offers a large number of other positive benefits to the sending communities and countries. However, there are also concerns about potential costs of...

This paper explores entrepreneurship amongst return migrants, how their business locations and characteristics differ from other businesses, and the implications for rural-urban inequality. First, we examine, amongst returnees, the determinants of investment in a project/enterprise. Second, we...

Die unerwartete Rückwanderung von ungefähr einer Million Jemeniten während des Golfkrieges verursachte große wirtschaftliche und soziale Spannungen. Nach Darstellung dieser Schwierigkeiten werden Vorschläge gemacht, um neue Arbeitsplätze zu schaffen und die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung des...