Determinants of savings and remittances: Empirical evidence from immigrants to Germany

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-67

  Sinning, Mathias G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decomposition analysis; Double hurdle model; International migration; Remittances; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952440666     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-009-9082-5     Document Type: Article

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