Remigration Intentions and Migrants' Behavior

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.

Are They Deterred by Welfare? Digging into the Drivers of Highly Skilled Temporary and Long‐term Migrants in Europe

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“…In the early 1980s, the loss of foreign exchange especially from countries such as Singapore was emphasized (Lee and Tan, 1984). However, it is not clear whether the students return home, stay in the host country, move to a third country (brain drain) or contribute globally (Chabe-Ferret et al, 2018;Dalglish et al, 2011). 18 Evidence indicates that the positives of international student and scholar migration outweigh the negatives.…”