title: Refugee remittances: conceptual issues and the Cuban and Nicaraguan experiences.
abstract: "This article assesses the notion that the determinants of remittances generated by refugee flows, particularly from Communist-inspired systems, are different from those associated with labor migrations....These differences have a major bearing on how labor migrants and refugees perceive their relationship with countries of origin. The propensity of labor migrants to dissociate themselves from the home country is considerably less than among refugees whose perceptions are mediated by opposition to the ruling regime and other factors, such as political relations between refugee-sending and refugee-receiving countries and whether or not there has been a regime change or one is expected to occur. The conceptual issues elaborated here are based on the Cuban-American experience, but also reflect an assessment of Nicaraguan emigration during the 1980s."
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diaz-briquets
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perez-lopez
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D017691:Caribbean Region; D002489:Central America; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003462:Cuba; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007843:Latin America; D009527:Nicaragua; D009656:North America; D010465:Perception; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012036:Refugees; D012106:Research; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Caribbean; Central America; Comparative Studies; Cross-cultural Comparisons; Cuba; Demographic Factors; Destination; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Immigrants; International Migration; Labor Migration; Latin America; Microeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Nicaragua; North America; Northern America; Origin; Perception--determinants; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Refugees; Remittances--determinants; Research Methodology; Studies; United States