Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants’ assimilation?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2013
Volume: 118
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-5

Authors (2)

Stark, Oded (Uniwersytet Warszawski) Dorn, Agnieszka (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:118:y:2013:i:1:p:1-5
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29