Remigration Intentions and Migrants' Behavior

Bastien Chabé-Ferret, Jackline Wahba, Joël Machado

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Abstract

Using a unique French dataset, we analyze the relationship between remigration intentions and several immigrants' behaviors in the host and origin countries addressing the potential endogeneity of remigration intentions. We also investigate the potential trade-off and complementarities between various immigrants' investment behaviors. We _find that temporary migrants are more likely to invest in the country of origin but less likely to invest in the host country. Moreover, our results suggest a trade-off between immigrants' investment in the home and in the host country.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherLISER
Number of pages44
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Publication series

NameWorking Papers
PublisherLISER
No.2017-17

Keywords

  • Temporary migration
  • house ownership
  • intention to leave
  • investment
  • language
  • remittances
  • return intention

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