Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50358 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
KOF Working Papers No. 246
Publisher: 
ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
We investigate in this paper whether the stable pattern of remittances over the last three decades can be explained by the altruistic behaviour. This possibility is tested by means of cointegration analysis, which is applied to Turkish remittances from Germany over the period 1962-2005. A single cointegrating relationship is found between the remittances of Turkish workers in Germany and the real Turkish GDP per capita, the real German GDP per capita, the stock of Turkish migrants in Germany, the real exchange rate, and the government instability. The negative coefficient associated with Turkish income and positive coefficients on the real exchange rate and political instability support the claim that Turkish remittances from Germany are altruistically motivated. In addition, we find that the coefficient on the stock of Turkish migrants to be equal to one.
Subjects: 
Migration
Remittances
Alturism
Cointegration
JEL: 
C22
F22
F24
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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