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The Purpose of Remittances: Evidence from Germany

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dc.contributor.authorBauer, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorSinning, Mathias
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:41:30Z
dc.date.available2015-12-07T22:41:30Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T12:12:46Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the purpose of remittances using individual data of migrants in Germany. Particular attention is paid to migrants' savings and transfers to family members in the home country. Our findings indicate that migrants who intend to stay in Germany only temporarily have a higher propensity to save and save larger amounts in their home country than permanent migrants. A similar picture emerges when considering migrants' payments to family members abroad. The results of a decomposition analysis indicate that temporary and permanent migrants seem to have different preferences towards sending transfers abroad, while economic characteristics and the composition of households in home and host countries are less relevant.
dc.identifier.issn0021-4027
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/24344
dc.publisherLucius und Lucius
dc.sourceJahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik: Journal of Economics and Statistics
dc.subjectKeywords: International migration; Remittances; Savings
dc.titleThe Purpose of Remittances: Evidence from Germany
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue6
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage742
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage730
local.contributor.affiliationBauer, Thomas, RWI Essen
local.contributor.affiliationSinning, Mathias, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidSinning, Mathias, u4579013
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor140210 - International Economics and International Finance
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9807482xPUB31
local.identifier.citationvolume229
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-75749098122
local.identifier.thomsonID000273152200004
local.type.statusPublished Version

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