Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants’ assimilation?

Oded Stark and Agnieszka Dorn

No 133689, Discussion Papers from University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)

Abstract: Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 2012-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-mig and nep-soc
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.133689

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