caa a22 4500 477055745 CHVBK 20180405111346.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960501xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/2061875 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.2307/2061875 International migration and development in mexican communities [Elektronische Daten] [Jorge Durand, William Kandel, Emilio Parrado, Douglas Massey] The theoretical and empirical literature generally regards international migration as producing a cycle of dependency and stunted development in sending communities. Most migrants' earnings are spent on consumption; few funds are channeled into productive investment. We argue that this view is misleading because it ignores the conditions under which productive investment is likely to be possible and profitable. We analyze the determinants of migrants' savings and remittance decisions, using variables defined at the individual, household, community, and macroeconomic levels. We identify the conditions under which U.S. earnings are repatriated to Mexico as remittances and savings, and indicate the factors leading to their productive investment. Population Association of America, 1996 Durand Jorge Departamento de Estudios sobre los Movimientos Sociales, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Alcalde y Maestros, Puerto No. 1, 44160, Guadalajara, Jalisco aut Kandel William Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA aut Parrado Emilio Population Research Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA aut Massey Douglas Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA aut Demography Springer-Verlag 33/2(1996-05-01), 249-264 0070-3370 33:2<249 1996 33 13524 https://doi.org/10.2307/2061875 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/2061875 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Durand Jorge Departamento de Estudios sobre los Movimientos Sociales, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Alcalde y Maestros, Puerto No. 1, 44160, Guadalajara, Jalisco aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kandel William Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Parrado Emilio Population Research Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Massey Douglas Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Demography Springer-Verlag 33/2(1996-05-01), 249-264 0070-3370 33:2<249 1996 33 13524 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer