Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa

被引：20

作者：

Bredtmann, Julia ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Flores, Fernanda Martinez ^{[1
,4
]}

Otten, Sebastian ^{[1
,3
,5
]}

机构：

[1] RWI Leibniz Inst Econ Res, Hohenzollernstr 1-3, D-45128 Essen, Germany

[2] IZA Inst Labor Studies, Bonn, Germany

[3] Ctr Res & Anal Migrat CReAM, London, England

[4] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Bochum, Germany

[5] UCL, London, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES | 2019年 / 55卷 / 07期

关键词：

INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES; SAMPLE SELECTION; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; INSURANCE; MODEL; ALTRUISM; MOTIVES; IMPACT; INCOME;

D O I：

10.1080/00220388.2018.1443208

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

Based on unique microdata from five Sub-Saharan African countries that contain comprehensive information on both migrants and their households at the origin country, we investigate the effect of migrants' education on their remittance behaviour. Our results reveal that migrants' education has no impact on the likelihood of sending remittances, but a positive effect on the amount of money sent, conditional on remitting. The latter effect holds for internal migrants and migrants in non-OECD countries, while it vanishes for migrants in OECD destination countries once characteristics of the origin household are controlled for.

引用

页码：1455 / 1476

页数：22

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