Savings Motive in Immigration: An Empirical Analysis

Bu makale hanehalklarının göç ve geri dönüş kararlarının nedenleri üzerindeki literatürü irdeleyerek, Türk ve Yugoslav işçilerinin Almanya’ya ‘konuk işçi’ olarak göçünü bu kapsamda değerlendirir. Bu ampirik çalışmanın sonuçları bu göçmenlerin Almanya’ya gidiş nedenleri arasındaki en önemli faktörün tasarruf biriktirmek olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Göç ve tasarruf davranışları arasındaki bu ilişki zengin bir panel veri tabanı kullanarak incelenmiştir.

Göç Kararında Tasarruf Motivasyonu: Ampirik Bir Değerlendirme

This paper reviews the literature on the causes of migration decisions and examines the Turkish and ex-Yugoslavian guestworker migration to Germany in this context. The literature and empirical facts strongly suggest that the most important cause of immigration for these groups of migrants was the savings motive. Using a rich longitudinal dataset on these groups of immigrants, I establish this connection between migration and savings behavior using empirical methods.

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