title: Savings, remittances, and return migration.
abstract: "We use a data set of immigrants to West Germany to simultaneously study both savings and remittances which we relate to individual characteristics, economic variables, migration experiences and remigration plans. Section 2 discusses the basic hypotheses and explains the data. Section 3 presents the empirical study and Section 4 summarizes."  The results suggest that "savings and remittances of migrants can be well explained by remigration plans and economic as well as demographic variables. However, the planned future duration of residence in Germany has a negative and significant effect only on remittances."
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Merkle
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005860:Germany, West; D007182:Income; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Germany, Federal Republic Of; International Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Microeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Remittances; Return Migration; Savings; Socioeconomic Factors; Western Europe