The global remittance network
An inflow and outflow analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10142693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Felipe Lillo (0000-0002-5644-0596, Catholic University of the Maule, corresponding author), José Augusto Molina Garay (Catholic University of the Maule) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 59-75 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Mathematical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-250X • E-ISSN: 1545-5874 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0022250x.2018.1496917 |
| OpenAlex | W2884183953 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
Remittances are flows of money between immigrants and their relatives. A scarcely addressed topic related to human migration is the application of Network Flow Analysis (NFA) in the study of remittances. This study provides both a theoretical and empirical macro-level study of worldwide remittance flows. Theoretically, a remittance model used by the World Bank is probabilistically analyzed and useful probability bounds are derived. Empirically, a weighted graph model built from World Bank data delivers important insight on the remittance generative process, the highest remittance flow values and inflow–outflow remittance variations. This manuscript concludes by postulating that remittances potentially result from a multiplicative process and that techniques based on NFA provide novel ways of approaching remittance dynamics problems
Economics · Inflow · Outflow · Remittance · Computer Science · Geology · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Oceanography · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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