Arbeitspapier
Identifying the motives of migrant philanthropy
Donations by migrants to community projects in their home countries ('collective remittances') help to provide local public goods and may promote economic development. We draw on the literatures on migrant remittances and on philanthropy in general to identify possible motives for collective remittances. We test the empirical relevance of these motives using micro-level data from Eastern Europe. Our results suggest a mix of motives including altruism, exchange, and concern about future membership rights in the community of origin. We also find that communities with a high degree of ethnic fragmentation and a wide dispersion of migrants across destination countries are less likely to receive collective remittances.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1790
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
International Migration
Remittances
Public Goods
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- Thema
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international migration
development
diaspora
collective remittances
philanthropy
Wohltätigkeit
Spende
Rücküberweisung (Migranten)
Migranten
Welt
Osteuropa
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Lücke, Matthias
Omar Mahmoud, Toman
Peuker, Christian
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
- (wo)
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Kiel
- (wann)
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2012
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Lücke, Matthias
- Omar Mahmoud, Toman
- Peuker, Christian
- Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
Entstanden
- 2012