Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants' assimilation?

Oded Stark; Agnieszka Dorn

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.07.038

Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants' assimilation?

Oded Stark^*, Agnieszka Dorn

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.07.038
State	Published - Jan 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acculturation identity
Altruism
Assimilation of migrants
Links with the home country
Remittances

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