Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18515 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 622
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
In this paper we examine the interactions between the remittances of the Turkish workers in Germany and the output both in Turkey and in Germany. In our analysis we use the new data set provided by the German monetary authorities, which was never before employed in the literature and which we consider as a more reliable source than the data sets used in the other studies. We show that the remittances positively respond to the changes in the German output and do not react at all to the changes in Turkish output. This finding is consistent with the ?remittance maximization? and ?inheritance? motives of the migrants? behavior.
Subjects: 
Migration
remittances
Turkey
Germany
JEL: 
E32
J61
F22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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