Investing back home : return migration and business ownership in Albania (English)

In view of its increasing importance, and the dearth of information on return migration and its impacts on source households, this study uses data from the 2005 Albania Living Standards Measurement Study survey and assesses the impact of past migration experience of Albanian households on non-farm business ownership through instrumental variables regression techniques. Moreover, considering the differences in earning potentials and opportunities for...

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Carletto,Calogero;

Davis,Benjamin K.;

Kilic,Talip;

Zezza,Alberto;
Document Date
2007/09/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4366
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Albania,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Investing back home : return migration and business ownership in Albania
Keywords
migrant

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Carletto,Calogero; Davis,Benjamin K.; Kilic,Talip; Zezza,Alberto.

Investing back home : return migration and business ownership in Albania (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4366 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/841261468002653974

Investing back home : return migration and business ownership in Albania (English)

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