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Determinants of Migrants’ Savings in the Host Country: Empirical Evidence of Migrants living in South Africa.

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dc.contributor.author Makina, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned 2016-12-12T06:41:36Z
dc.date.available 2016-12-12T06:41:36Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.citation Makina, D. 2014. Determinants of Migrants’ Savings in the Host Country: Empirical Evidence of Migrants living in South Africa. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 6(1): 68-74. en
dc.identifier.issn 2220-6140
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21862
dc.description.abstract The paper uses a data set of Zimbabwean migrants living in South Africa to investigate the saving behaviour they exhibit in the host country. Having observed that these migrants comprise those that do save in the host country and those that do not save at all, the paper employs a Tobit function that is capable of modelling the savings level as function of migrant characteristics. The results observed are that the level of migrant savings in the host country is positively related to migrant income level, return migration intentions, number of dependents in the host country, remittance level and access to banking services, and is negatively related to the age of the migrant, number of dependents in the home country, migrant length of stay, migrant legal status, and frequency of home visits. Interestingly, the savings behaviour of migrants in the host country mirrors the remittance behaviour in many respects. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher International Foundation for Research & Development. en
dc.subject Migrant savings; remittances; return migration; South Africa; Zimbabwe en
dc.title Determinants of Migrants’ Savings in the Host Country: Empirical Evidence of Migrants living in South Africa. en
dc.type Article en


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