The economics of migrants' remittances

H Rapoport, F Docquier - Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism …, 2006 - Elsevier
This chapter reviews the recent theoretical and empirical economic literature on migrants'
remittances. It is divided between a microeconomic section on the determinants of …

Network effects and the dynamics of migration and inequality: Theory and evidence from Mexico

D McKenzie, H Rapoport - Journal of development Economics, 2007 - Elsevier
International migration is costly and initially only the middle class of the wealth distribution
may have both the means and incentives to migrate, which can increase inequality in the …

Self-selection patterns in Mexico-US migration: the role of migration networks

D McKenzie, H Rapoport - the Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010 - direct.mit.edu
This paper examines the role of migration networks in determining self-selection patterns of
Mexico-US migration. A simple theoretical framework shows the impact of networks on …

Selection and network effects—Migration flows into OECD countries 1990–2000

PJ Pedersen, M Pytlikova, N Smith - European Economic Review, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents empirical evidence on immigration flows into the OECD countries
during the period 1990–2000. Our results indicate that network effects are strong, but vary …

[HTML][HTML] Migration and innovation: Does cultural diversity matter for regional R&D activity?

A Niebuhr - Papers in Regional Science, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent theoretical research deals with economic costs and benefits of cultural diversity
related to immigration. However, empirical evidence regarding the impact of cultural …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond remittances: the effects of migration on Mexican households

DJ McKenzie - International migration, remittances, and the brain …, 2006 - books.google.com
The number of international migrants in the world increased by 21 million between 1990 and
2000, a 14 percent increase, resulting in 175 million people living in a country outside their …

[BOOK][B] Multinational maids: Stepwise migration in a global labor market

AM Paul - 2017 - books.google.com
Multinational maids' offers an in-depth investigation into the international migrations of
Filipino and Indonesian migrant domestic workers. The author taps on her rigorous study of …

The intergenerational effects of paternal migration on schooling and work: What can we learn from children's time allocations?

FM Antman - Journal of Development Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper explores the short-run effects of a father's US migration on his children's
schooling and work outcomes in Mexico. To get around the endogeneity of paternal …

Enclaves, language, and the location choice of migrants

T Bauer, GS Epstein, IN Gang - Journal of Population Economics, 2005 - Springer
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that enclaves (networks) negatively
affect the language proficiency of migrants. Most of these studies do not address the choice …

Migration systems, pioneer migrants and the role of agency

O Bakewell, H De Haas, A Kubal - Journal of critical realism, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The notion of a migration system is often invoked but it is rarely clearly defined or
conceptualized. De Haas recently provided a powerful critique of the current literature …