Abstract
Quite often established migrants offer assistance and support that facilitate the arrival of new migrants. Why would migrants want other migrants to join them-so much so as to be willing to pay for them to come? We suggest a rationale. Our modeling framework is capable of explaining several stylized facts pertaining to transfers by migrants and the structure and dynamics of migration.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 159-164 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Economics Letters |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Follow-up migration
- Migrants' transfers
- Migration dynamics