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Remittances and incentive to migrate: An epidemic approach of migration

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  • Claire Naiditch

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Agnès Tomini

    (GREQAM - Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Christian Ben Lakhdar

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

This paper focuses on feedback mechanisms of remittances on the size of the migrant population. We argue that low remittances contribute to relax recipients' credit constraints and foster further emigration. On the other hand, high remittances may deter migration if they make further emigration unnecessary. Thus, remittances can be considered as a contaminating factor in an epidemic model of migration. This model allows us to characterize a rich set of situations in order to appraise the impact of different policies on the total number of migrants. For instance, we show the mechanisms through which a policy aiming at making migrants successful in the host country may finally lower migration.

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  • Claire Naiditch & Agnès Tomini & Christian Ben Lakhdar, 2015. "Remittances and incentive to migrate: An epidemic approach of migration," Post-Print hal-01457400, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01457400
    DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2015.03.001
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    1. Sankar Mukhopadhyay & Miaomiao Zou, 2020. "Will Skill-Based Immigration Policies Lead to Lower Remittances? An Analysis of the Relations between Education, Sponsorship, and Remittances," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(3), pages 489-508, March.
    2. Taras Vasyltsiv & Ruslan Lupak & Marta Kunytska-Iliash, 2019. "Social Security Of Ukraine And The Eu: Aspects Of Convergence And Improvement Of Migration Policy," Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, Publishing house "Baltija Publishing", vol. 5(4).

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    Keywords

    Migration; Remittances; Dynamic Analysis; Epidemic Modeling;
    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
    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • C62 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium

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