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92 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17270
Network Abroad and Culture: Global Individual-Level Evidence
Riccardo Turati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16101
Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Catia Batista, Pedro C. Vicente
published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 29 May 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13917
Left Behind, but Not Alone: Changes in Living Arrangements and the Effects of Migration and Remittances in Mexico
Simone Bertoli, Elsa Gautrain, Elie Murard
revised version published as 'Left behind, but not immobile: Living arrangements of Mexican transnational households' in :Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2023, 71(4), 1359-1395
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12984
Does Emigration Affect Pro-Environmental Behaviour Back Home? A Long-Term, Local-Level Perspective
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Kyklos, 2021, 74(1): 48-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12984
Does Emigration Affect Pro-Environmental Behaviour Back Home? A Long-Term, Local-Level Perspective
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Kyklos, 2021, 74(1): 48-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12480
Estimating the Determinants of Remittances Originating from U.S. Households using CPS Data
Nicole B. Simpson, Chad Sparber
published in: Eastern Economic Journal, 2020, 46 (1), 161-189
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12075
Emigration and Alcohol Consumption among Migrant Household Members Staying Behind: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Sara Paulone, Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 221, 40-48
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12075
Emigration and Alcohol Consumption among Migrant Household Members Staying Behind: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Sara Paulone, Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 221, 40-48
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11835
Migration, Remittances and Human Capital Investment in Kenya
Annie Laurie Hines, Nicole B. Simpson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11676
The Impact of Government Spending on GDP in a Remitting Country
Almukhtar Al-Abri, Ismail H. Genc, George S Naufal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11552
Economic Resources, Financial Aid and Remittances
Simon Pierre Boulanger Martel, Lisa Pelling, Eskil Wadensjö
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11438
Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria
James T. Bang, Aniruddha Mitra, Phanindra V. Wunnava
forthcoming in: Migration and Development, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11437
Emigration, Remittances and the Subjective Well-Being of Those Staying Behind
Artjoms Ivlevs, Milena Nikolova, Carol Lee Graham
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (1), 113-151.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11172
Migration and Co-Residence Choices: Evidence from Mexico
Simone Bertoli, Elie Murard
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 142, Article 102330
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10772
The Education Motive for Migrant Remittances: Theory and Evidence from India
Matthieu Delpierre, Arnaud Dupuy, Michel Tenikue, Bertrand Verheyden
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10445
International Migration, Return Migration, and their Effects: A Comprehensive Review on the Romanian Case
Remus Gabriel Anghel, Alina Botezat, Anatolie Coșciug, Ioana Manafi, Monica Roman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10367
Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
Julia Bredtmann, Fernanda Martínez Flores, Sebastian Otten
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55 (7), 1455-1476.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10305
Consumption and Leisure: The Welfare Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind
Elie Murard
published as 'On the Joint Consumption and Labour Supply Effects of Migration on those Left Behind' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (1), 129 - 150
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10196
Remittances and Informal Work
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1172-1190
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10111
Return Plans and Migrants' Behavior
Bastien Chabé-Ferret, Joël Machado, Jackline Wahba
published as 'Remigration Intentions and Migrants' Behavior' in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018, 68, 56-72.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9687
Can Parental Migration Reduce Petty Corruption in Education?
Lisa Sofie Höckel, Manuel Santos Silva, Tobias Heidland
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9640
Remittances and Expenditure Patterns of the Left Behinds in Rural China
Sylvie Démurger, Xiaoqian Wang
published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37, 177-190
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9541
The Effect of Remittances on Labour Supply in the Republic of Haiti
Evans Jadotte, Xavier Ramos
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52 (12), 1810-1825.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9540
Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries
Milena Nikolova, Monica Roman, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (3), 658 - 684
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9516
Migrants' Remittances: Channelling Globalization
Remus Gabriel Anghel, Matloob Piracha, Teresa Randazzo
revised version published in: Leila Simona Talani and Simon McMahon (eds.), Handbook of the International Political Economy of Migration, Edward Elgar 2015, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 11, 234-258.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9516
Migrants' Remittances: Channelling Globalization
Remus Gabriel Anghel, Matloob Piracha, Teresa Randazzo
revised version published in: Leila Simona Talani and Simon McMahon (eds.), Handbook of the International Political Economy of Migration, Edward Elgar 2015, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 11, 234-258.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9515
Emigration, Remittances and the Education of Children Staying Behind: Evidence from Tajikistan
Barbara Dietz, Kseniia Gatskova, Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Feminist Economics, 2019, 25 (3), 96-118
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9494
Regional Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua
Teresa Molina Millán
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9349
Environmental Disasters and Migration
Linguère Mously Mbaye, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published as 'Natural Disasters and Human Mobility' in: International Review of the Environmental and Resource Economics, 2016, 10 (1), 37-56.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9340
Remittances and Credit Markets: Evidence from Senegal
Linguère Mously Mbaye
revised version published as 'Remittances and rural credit markets: Evidence from Senegal' in:Review of Development Economic, 2021, 25 (1), 183 - 199
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9284
Migration, Entrepreneurship and Development: A Critical Review
Wim Naudé, Melissa Siegel, Katrin Marchand
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9163
Remittances and Relative Concerns in Rural China
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Corrado Giulietti, Juan David Robalino, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37, 191-207
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8810
A Tacit Monetary Policy of the Gulf Countries: Is There a Remittances Channel?
Ali Termos, Ismail H. Genc, George S Naufal
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2016, 20 (2), 599-610
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8523
Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration
David McKenzie, Dean Yang
published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2015, 30(2), 155-92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8106
Remittances and Household Expenditure Behaviour in Senegal
Teresa Randazzo, Matloob Piracha
substantially revised version published as 'Remittances and household expenditure behaviour: Evidence from Senegal' in: Economic Modelling, 2019, 79, 141-153
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8007
Remittances and Child Labour in Africa: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Olivier Bargain, Delphine Boutin
published as 'Remittance Effects on Child Labour: Evidence from Burkina Faso' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51 (7), 922-938
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7984
Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Catia Batista, Janis Umblijs
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 68 (1), 108-130.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7983
When Do Remittances Facilitate Asset Accumulation? The Importance of Remittance Income Uncertainty
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo
published as 'Remittance income uncertainty and asset accumulation' in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:3
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7839
Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Catia Batista, Gaia Narciso
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32(1), 203–219.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7786
Old-Age Government Transfers and the Crowding Out of Private Gifts: The 70 and Above Program for the Rural Elderly in Mexico
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Laura Juarez
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2015, 81 (3), 782–802
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7779
Remittances and Migration Intentions of the Left-Behind
Matloob Piracha, Amrita Saraogi
published in: Migration and Development, 2016, 6(1), 102-122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7747
"To Have and Have Not": Migration, Remittances, Poverty and Inequality in Algeria
David N. Margolis, Luis Miotti, El Mouhoub Mouhoud, Joël Oudinet
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7666
Money for Nothing? Ukrainian Immigrants in Poland and their Remitting Behaviors
Pawel Kaczmarczyk
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7582
Remittances and Occupational Outcomes of the Household Members Left-Behind
Matloob Piracha, Teresa Randazzo, Florin Vadean
substantially revised version published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55 (2), 278 - 293
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7497
Financial Liberalization and Remittances: Recent Longitudinal Evidence
James T. Bang, Aniruddha Mitra, Phanindra V. Wunnava
revised version published in: Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2015, 24(8), 1077-1102
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7485
Structural Change in MENA Remittance Flows
George S Naufal, Ismail H. Genc
published in: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2015, 51(6), 1175-1178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7028
Split Decisions: Family Finance when a Policy Discontinuity Allocates Overseas Work
Michael A. Clemens, Erwin R. Tiongson
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99 (3), 531-543
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6940
The Economics of Circular Migration
Amelie F. Constant, Olga Nottmeyer, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: A. F. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 3, 55-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6631
Remittances and Well-Being among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China
Alpaslan Akay, Corrado Giulietti, Juan David Robalino, Klaus F. Zimmermann
revised version published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12 (3), 517-546
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6622
Remittances and Portfolio Values: An Inquiry Using Spanish Immigrants from Africa, Europe and the Americas
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo
published in: World Development, 2013, 41, 83-95.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6584
A Global View of Cross-Border Migration
Julian di Giovanni, Andrei A. Levchenko, Francesc Ortega
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13 (1), 168-202
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6546
The Impact of the 1996 US Immigration Policy Reform (IIRIRA) on Mexican Migrants' Remittances
Matias Vaira-Lucero, Daehoon Nahm, Massimiliano Tani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6523
Internal vs. International Migration: Impacts of Remittances on Child Well-Being in Vietnam
Michele Binci, Gianna Claudia Giannelli
published in: International Migration Review, 2018, 2018, 52 (1), 43–65
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6293
Remittances and Children's Capabilities: New Evidence from Kyrgyzstan, 2005-2008
Antje Kroeger, Kathryn H. Anderson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6236
Migration as a Substitute for Informal Activities: Evidence from Tajikistan
Ilhom Abdulloev, Ira N. Gang, John Landon-Lane
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 205-227
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6169
Migration, Openness and the Global Preconditions of 'Smart Development'
Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati
published in: Boğaziçi Journal Review of Social, Economic and Administrative Studies, 2012, 26 (2), 27-89.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6119
Sizing It Up: Labor Migration Lessons of the EU Enlargement to 27
Amelie F. Constant
published in: European Migration and Asylum Policies: Coherence or Contradiction, C. Gortázar, C. Parra, B. Segaert, and C. Timmerman, editors. Bruylant: Belgium, 2012, 49-77
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6104
Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport, Sara Salomone
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42 (5), 817-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6091
Remittances and Return Migration
William Collier, Matloob Piracha, Teresa Randazzo
published in: Review of Development Economics, 2018, 22(1), 174-202
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5657
Network Effects on Migrants' Remittances
Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll
published as 'Immigrant Networks and Remittances: Cheaper Together?' in: World Development, 2018 111 (C), 225-245
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5589
Egyptian Men Working Abroad: Labor Supply Responses by the Women Left Behind
Christine Binzel, Ragui Assaad
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (S1), S98-S114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5568
Remittances and Income Smoothing
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (3), 582-587
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5472
Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Elke Holst, Andrea Schäfer, Mechthild Schrooten
published as "Gender and Remittances: Evidence from Germany" in: Feminist Economics, 2012, 18 (2), 201-229
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5467
Motivations for Remittances: Evidence from Moldova
Matloob Piracha, Amrita Saraogi
published in: Oxford Development Studies, 2012, 40 (4), 467-491
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5376
Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances on Output Growth: Evidence from Turkey
Aysit Tansel, Pınar Yaşar
published in: Migration Letters, 2010, 7 (2), 132-143
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5376
Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances on Output Growth: Evidence from Turkey
Aysit Tansel, Pınar Yaşar
published in: Migration Letters, 2010, 7 (2), 132-143
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5125
Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies
David McKenzie, Dean Yang
published in: Carlos Vargas-Silva (ed.), Handbook of Research Methods in Migration, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012, 249-269
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4874
Selection Policy and Immigrants' Remittance Behaviour
Stephane Mahuteau, Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani
revised as DP 10927
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4617
New Evidence on the Role of Remittances on Health Care Expenditures by Mexican Households
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 69-98.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4534
Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
Albert Bollard, David McKenzie, Melanie Morten, Hillel Rapoport
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2011, 25 (1), 132 - 156
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4375
The Impacts of International Migration on Remaining Household Members: Omnibus Results from a Migration Lottery Program
John Gibson, David McKenzie, Steven Stillman
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (4), 1297-1318
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4318
Remittances to Latin America from Migrants in the United States: Assessing the Impact of Amnesty Programs
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Francesca Mazzolari
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 91 (2), 323-335
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4277
The Responsiveness of Remittances to the Oil Price: The Case of the GCC
George S Naufal, Ali Termos
published in: OPEC Energy Review, 2009, 33 (3/4), 184-197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4207
Brain Drain in Globalization: A General Equilibrium Analysis from the Sending Countries' Perspective
Luca Marchiori, I-Ling Shen, Frédéric Docquier
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (2), 1582–1602
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4083
Remittances and Chain Migration: Longitudinal Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ralitza Dimova, François-Charles Wolff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4066
Changing Fertility Preferences One Migrant at a Time: The Impact of Remittances on the Fertility Rate
George S Naufal, Carlos Vargas-Silva
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3950
Ethnicity and the Immigration of Highly Skilled Workers to the United States
Guillermina Jasso
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1+2), 26-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3657
Migration, Remittances and Children’s Schooling in Haiti
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Annie Georges, Susan Pozo
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2010, 630 (1), 224-244.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3393
Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less
Yoko Niimi, Caglar Ozden, Maurice Schiff
published in: Annales d’Economie et de Statistique, 2010, 97/98, 123-42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3358
Remittances, Liquidity Constraints and Human Capital Investments in Ecuador
Carla Calero, Arjun S. Bedi, Robert Sparrow
published in: World Development, 2009, 37 (6), 1143-1154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3276
Why Remit? The Case of Nicaragua
George S Naufal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3081
Who Remits? The Case of Nicaragua
George S Naufal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2966
Determinants of Savings and Remittances: Empirical Evidence from Immigrants to Germany
Mathias Sinning
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 45-67
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2942
Precautionary Savings by Natives and Immigrants in Germany
Matloob Piracha, Yu Zhu
published in: Applied Economics, 2012, 44 (21), 2767 - 2776
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2501
Social Relations and Remittances: Evidence from Canadian Micro Data
Don J. DeVoretz, Florin Vadean
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2240
The Effect of Filipino Overseas Migration on the Non-Migrant Spouse’s Market Participation and Labor Supply Behavior
Emily Cabegin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2160
Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth
Paola Giuliano, Marta Ruiz-Arranz
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 90 (1), 144-152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2155
Remittances and the Brain Drain
Riccardo Faini
published in: World Bank Economic Review , 2007, 21 (2), 177-191
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2139
Remittances, Institutions and Economic Growth
Natalia Catrinescu, Miguel Leon-Ledesma, Matloob Piracha, Bryce Quillin
published in: World Development, 2009, 37(1), 81-92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1714
A Model of Foreign-Born Transfers: Evidence from Canadian Micro Data
Don J. DeVoretz, Florin Vadean
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1531
The Economics of Migrants’ Remittances
Hillel Rapoport, Frédéric Docquier
published in: S. Kolm and J. Mercier Ythier (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity Vol. 2, North Holland 2006
IZA Discussion Paper No. 808
Remittances and Inequality: A Dynamic Migration Model
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
new version published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8 (2), 187-200
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