?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Remittances+and+inequality%3A+a+dynamic+migration+model&rft.creator=Docquier%2C+F.&rft.creator=Rapoport%2C+H.&rft.creator=Shen%2C+I.-L.&rft.description=We+develop+a+model+to+study+the+effects+of+migration+and+remittances+on+inequality%0D%0Ain+the+origin+communities.+While+wealth+inequality+is+shown+to+be+monotonically%0D%0Areduced+along+the+time-span%2C+the+short-+and+the+long-run+impacts+on+income%0D%0Ainequality+may+be+of+opposite+signs%2C+suggesting+that+the+dynamic+relationship%0D%0Abetween+migration%2Fremittances+and+inequality+may+well+be+characterized+by+an%0D%0Ainverse+U-shaped+pattern.+This+is+consistent+with+the+findings+of+the+empirical%0D%0Aliterature%2C+yet+offers+a+different+interpretation+from+the+usually+assumed+migration%0D%0Anetwork+effects.+With+no+need+to+endogenize+migration+costs+through+the+role+of%0D%0Amigration+networks%2C+we+generate+the+same+result+via+intergenerational+wealth%0D%0Aaccumulation.&rft.subject=JEL+Classification%3A+O11%2C+O15%2C+J61%2C+D31.+Migration%2C+remittances%2C+inequality&rft.publisher=Centre+for+Research+and+Analysis+of+Migration&rft.date=2006-12&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(Discussion+Paper+Series++14%2F06).+Centre+for+Research+and+Analysis+of+Migration%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2006)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14287%2F1%2F14287.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14287%2F&rft.rights=open