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Does the desire to remit foster integration? Evidence from migrants in Spain

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  • Falco, Chiara
  • Göbel, Kristin

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We enquire empirically how migrants’ desire to send remittances back home fosters integration at destination. Starting from a model by Stark and Dorn (2013) in which the aspiration to remit is shown to induce migrants to acquire costly host-country specific social and human capital in order to obtain higher income, we measure migrants’ integration effort by social participation. Our results confirm the theoretical model.

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  • Falco, Chiara & Göbel, Kristin, 2015. "Does the desire to remit foster integration? Evidence from migrants in Spain," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 137(C), pages 131-134.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:137:y:2015:i:c:p:131-134
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.10.013
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    Keywords

    Migration; Remittances; Integration;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • F24 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Remittances
    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers

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