Arbeitspapier
Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants' assimilation?
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.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy ; No. 170
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
International Migration
Remittances
- Subject
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Assimilation of migrants
Acculturation identity
Links with the home country
Altruism
Remittances
Migranten
Soziale Integration
Rücküberweisung (Migranten)
Familie
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Stark, Oded
Dorn, Agnieszka
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2012
- DOI
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doi:10.22004/ag.econ.133689
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
Data provider
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Stark, Oded
- Dorn, Agnieszka
- University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Time of origin
- 2012