If migrants return to their origin countries, two questions arise which are of immediate
economic interest for both immigration and emigration country: what determines their …

International migration is a development issue. In the last half-century, cross-border trade
and financial flows transformed the global economic and political landscape and created …

This paper analyses the temporary migration decision of workers who are credit constrained.
As observed with data on Tunisia, migrants who invest after returning to their country have …

The central question of this paper concerns the implications of remittance flows for migrants
and their origin households in the country of origin. This paper represents the first attempt to …

This paper distinguishes between target-earnings and life cycle motivations for return
migration by examining how Philippine migrants' return decisions respond to major …

Not all international migration moves are permanent as millions of migrants return to their
country of origin every year. However, most return migration is not recorded since statistics …

We examine the labor market performance of return migrants using the Hungarian
Household Panel Survey. Two distinct selection issues are considered in the estimation of …

Leila Farsakh provides the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and fall of Palestinian
labour flows to Israel. Highlighting the interdependence between Israel's confiscation of …

The existing economic literature focuses on the benefits that return migrants offer to their
home country in terms of entrepreneurship and human and financial capital accumulation …

The Middle East and North Africa region is one of the most remarkable regions in the world
in terms of international migration, with several coexisting “migration systems”(labor …