Estimating remittance functions for Pacific island migrants

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 613-626

  Brown, Richard P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Migration; Pacific islands; Remittance decay; Remittance motivation; Remittances; Tobit regression

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; MIGRANTS' REMITTANCES; MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMITTANCE FLOWS; REMITTANCE FUNCTIONS; REMITTANCES;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY; SAMOA(WESTERN); TONGA;

EID: 0031450748     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(96)00122-2     Document Type: Article

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