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Jan Brzozowski, Rafał Cekiera (2018/6, Miscellanea,
The authors try to determine the factors affecting the decisions taken by immigrants about the financial support provided for elder parents left in the home country. Using survey data for Germany, one of the major destination countries of labour emigration, the authors compare the willingness showed by various groups of immigrants to help their parents. The highest willingness to do so is (...)
International Return Migration and Remittances: the Regional Perspective
In this paper, the authors analyze empirically the determinants of return migration and the linkage between return migration and remittance behavior from the perspective of migrant source region. The study brings a new perspective to this topic, as the authors have directly identified return migrants and do not rely on the declared intentions to return, as in the previous studies. Using a (...)
Jan Brzozowski (2010/6, Articles,
Brain Waste Among Skilled Expatriates and Investment in Human Capital
This paper describes how the brain waste, i.e. situation when skilled immigrants work in menial jobs, affects the economy of the sending country. Special emphasis has been put on the relationship between investment in education and the probability of emigration. The theoretical model presented in the paper shows that the prospect of brain waste tends to reduce the return to investment in (...)
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