Chapter 17 The Economics of Migrants' Remittances

Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1135-1198

  Rapoport, Hillel ^a,b,c   Docquier, Frédéric ^d,e  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

development; growth; inequality; migration; remittances

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248149671     PISSN: 15740714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0714(06)02017-3     Document Type: Review

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