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Determinants and uses of remittances to Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries : insights from a new survey

Miotti, Egidio Luis; Mouhoud, El Mouhoub; Oudinet, Joël - 2010

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Macroeconomic implications of remittances in MENA and Mediterranean countries

Berthomieu, Claude; Tykhonenko, Anna - In: Topics in Middle Eastern and North African economies : … 11 (2009), pp. 1-19

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#Portichiusi : The Human Costs of Migrant Deterrence in the Mediterranean

Cantarella, Michele - 2019

Using daily data on forced migration from the IOM and Frontex, I compare trends in flows and mortality across three major migration routes in the Mediterranean, analysing the effects of the introduction of rescue-deterrence policies in Italy. Controlling for exogenous shocks which affect push...

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Interrelationships Between Violent Crime, Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors : A Preliminary Analysis Between Central-Northern European Countries and Mediterranean Countries

Bellitto, Matteo; Coccia, Mario - 2018

The paper here investigates possible relationships between violent crime, migration and unemployment. Results seem to show an association between some crimes - such as theft, assaults and sexual violence- and immigration but not between intentional homicides and immigration. Preliminary evidence...

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A Stochastic Model of Migrant Rescue in the Mediterranean Sea

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2016

We theoretically study the rescue of destitute migrants seeking to reach Europe on boats across the Mediterranean Sea. To this end, we first construct a discrete-time Markov chain (DTMC) model of a stylized rescue process. Second, we specify the one-step transition probabilities of the DTMC....

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A Stochastic Model of Migrant Rescue in the Mediterranean Sea

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2016

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Chapter 58 Extended Family and Kinship Networks: Economic Insights and Evolutionary Directions

Cox, Donald; Fafchamps, Marcel - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 4, (pp. 3711-3784). 2007

What do we know about the role of extended families and kinship networks for redistributing resources? What gaps in our knowledge most need to be filled? How can we best organize current work and identify priorities for future research? These questions are important for several reasons:...

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Migrant remittances and information flows : evidence from a field experiment

Batista, Catia; Narciso, Gaia - 2013

intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple …

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Money for nothing? : Ukrainian immigrants in Poland and their remitting behaviors

Kaczmarczyk, Paweł - 2013

Analysis of remittances lies in the very centre of the scientific debate on developmental impacts of migration. On the …. On the micro level remittances may constitute the major source of income and become a means towards consumption smoothing … (migration as survival strategy). Notwithstanding, the very nature of remittances and underlying factors are still under …

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Do migrants send remittances as a way of self-insurance? : evidence from a representative immigrant survey

Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - 2014

Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the … risk aversion and remittance behavior. Risk-averse individuals are more likely to send remittances home and are, on average … a "purchase of self-insurance" motive to remit, we also provide evidence of more remittances sent by risk averse …

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