Lecture 14 Remittances or Give Simon Fraser 讲座14汇款或给西蒙弗雷泽.pptVIP

Debate If Canada wants to aid development it should remove current immigration policy of selecting the highly skilled and allow 250,000 unskilled immigrants to enter yearly. * * Lecture 9: Remittances Are remittances a substitute for Canadian Aid? * * Motivations Altruism: One way For how long and to whom? Implicit Contract: For how long and to whom? Combination of both Does motivation differ by Immigration Status? Temporary vs. Permanent * * Canadian Case Why so little: Less than 6% of total HH expenditures Less than 1/3 of foreign-born remit Largest remittances by older vintage of immig