migration has a stronger effect on household expenditures than permanent migration. -- expenditures ; remittances ; migration …This paper examines the effect of temporary and permanent migration on household expenditures and on asset …/durables ownership. Using household survey data from Moldova, this paper relies on the matching approach for identification. It is shown …

Since the 1990s, Moldova has relied on migration as a vent for labour oversupply and on inflows of migrant remittances … this may intensify labour migration from Moldova. The paper considers opportunities for Moldova, an open economy with …

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 …, 1994; Rubin, 1974). I show that the point-identification of the causal impact of migration requires strong behavioral …

important as mechanisms of risk sharing and income redistribution. We argue that migration and remittances have the potential to …, designed by the authors, to empirically study the effect of migration and remittances on both monetary and non … modify the prevalent transfer behaviour in migrant-sending communities. A priori, it is indeterminate whether migration and …

international vergleichbaren Fragebögen der PIAAC Daten ist es möglich, die unterschiedlichen Qualifikationen von Migranten und … beschäftigen wir uns mit Bildungs- und Qualifikationsunterschieden zwischen Migranten und Einheimischen in elf europäischen Ländern … im selben Beruf. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Migranten im Vergleich zu Einheimischen für ihre Berufe häufig …

This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova … and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ … between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in line with general results from the migration literature, we …

; international migration ; remittances …Circular migration receives increasing attention due to its empirical relevance and as a policy concept to manage labor … characteristics of circular movers worldwide and investigates the consequences of restrictive migration policies. Recent policy …