The determinants of migrant remittances

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 582-599

  Carling, Jørgen ^a  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development; Family relations; Migration; Private transfers; Remittances

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 58449120793     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grn022     Document Type: Article

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