eprintid: 14287
rev_number: 28
eprint_status: archive
userid: 600
dir: disk0/00/01/42/87
datestamp: 2009-03-25 14:29:34
lastmod: 2015-07-19 02:07:37
status_changed: 2009-03-25 14:29:34
type: working_paper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Docquier, F.
creators_name: Rapoport, H.
creators_name: Shen, I.-L.
title: Remittances and inequality: a dynamic migration model
ispublished: pub
subjects: 12040
keywords: JEL Classification: O11, O15, J61, D31. Migration, remittances, inequality
abstract: We develop a model to study the effects of migration and remittances on inequality
in the origin communities. While wealth inequality is shown to be monotonically
reduced along the time-span, the short- and the long-run impacts on income
inequality may be of opposite signs, suggesting that the dynamic relationship
between migration/remittances and inequality may well be characterized by an
inverse U-shaped pattern. This is consistent with the findings of the empirical
literature, yet offers a different interpretation from the usually assumed migration
network effects. With no need to endogenize migration costs through the role of
migration networks, we generate the same result via intergenerational wealth
accumulation.
date: 2006-12
publisher: Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration
official_url: http://www.econ.ucl.ac.uk/cream/publicationsdiscussionpapers.htm
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series
number: 14/06
place_of_pub: London, UK
citation:        Docquier, F.;    Rapoport, H.;    Shen, I.-L.;      (2006)    Remittances and inequality: a dynamic migration model.                    (Discussion Paper Series  14/06). Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration: London, UK.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/14287/1/14287.pdf