Remittances and incentive to migrate: An epidemic approach of migration

Naiditch, Claire; Tomini, Agnès; Ben Lakhdar, Christian

Document type :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1016/j.inteco.2015.03.001

Title :

Remittances and incentive to migrate: An epidemic approach of migration

Author(s) :

Naiditch, Claire [Auteur]

Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Tomini, Agnès [Auteur]
Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille [GREQAM]
Ben Lakhdar, Christian [Auteur]

Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]

Journal title :

International Economics

Pages :

118-135

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2015-08

ISSN :

2110-7017

English keyword(s) :

Migration
Remittances
Dynamic Analysis
Epidemic Modeling

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

English abstract : [en]

This paper focuses on feedback mechanisms of remittances on the size of the migrant population. We argue that low remittances contribute to relax recipients’ credit constraints and foster further emigration. On the other ...
Show more >This paper focuses on feedback mechanisms of remittances on the size of the migrant population. We argue that low remittances contribute to relax recipients’ credit constraints and foster further emigration. On the other hand, high remittances may deter migration if they make further emigration unnecessary. Thus, remittances can be considered as a contaminating factor in an epidemic model of migration. This model allows us to characterize a rich set of situations in order to appraise the impact of different policies on the total number of migrants. For instance, we show the mechanisms through which a policy aiming at making migrants successful in the host country may finally lower migration.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Comment :

ACL-3

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