Savings Behavior of Return Migrants
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Savings Behavior of Return Migrants
A Life-Cycle Analysis
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 115 (1995), Iss. 4 : pp. 511–533
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Dustmann, Christian
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Impacts of Temporary Migration on Development in Origin Countries
Bossavie, Laurent
Özden, Çağlar
The World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 38 (2023), Iss. 2 P.249
https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkad003 [Citations: 3]
Abstract
If migrants have the intention to return to their home countries, their consumption behavior in the host country is conditioned on characteristics of this future location. An analysis of migrants' savings behavior therefore necessitates modeling both return- and consumption plans simultaneously. This paper develops a theoretical framework where the return point is treated as endogenous. The analysis shows that endogenization of return changes some qualitative results. The endogenization of the return point is particularly important if using the model as a basis for empirical work.