Do migrants' remittances decline over time? Evidence from Tongans and Western Samoans in Australia

Contemporary Pacific

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-151

  Brown, Richard P C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Migration; Regression; Remittances; Sample survey; Tonga; Western S moa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; INVESTMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MICRONESIA-POLYNESIA; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLYNESIA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; REMITTANCES; RESEARCH; SAMOA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD OF LIVING; STUDIES; SURVEYS; TONGA;

AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; INVESTMENTS; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MICRONESIA-POLYNESIA; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; OCEANIA; POLYNESIA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REMITTANCES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAMOA; SAMPLING STUDIES; STANDARD OF LIVING; STUDIES; SURVEYS; TONGA;

AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; MOTIVATION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLYNESIA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SAMOA; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TONGA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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