Estimating the value of beach recreation for locals in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia
In: Economic Analysis and Policy, Band 53, S. 9-18
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In: Economic Analysis and Policy, Band 53, S. 9-18
In: Marine policy, Band 34, Heft 2, S. 244-251
ISSN: 0308-597X
In: Marine policy: the international journal of ocean affairs, Band 34, Heft 2, S. 237-244
ISSN: 0308-597X
In: Marine policy: the international journal of ocean affairs, Band 34, Heft 2, S. 244-252
ISSN: 0308-597X
In: The journal of development studies, Band 50, Heft 3, S. 383-398
ISSN: 1743-9140
Migrants are often subject to social pressures to remit beyond their own households, to share the benefits of migration with the wider community in their home country; these are 'community remittances'. We hypothesise that community sharing norm pressures are stronger in locations with more extensive home community networks. We also postulate that the responsiveness of remittances to sharing pressures is subject to diminishing returns, attributable to a donor fatigue effect. Using customised survey data from three Polynesian migrant groups in metropolitan and regional Australia, we estimate double-hurdle regression models of community remittances. To identify the effects of sharing norm pressures we exploit an exogenous (cyclone) shock to home country incomes affecting one sub-group. We find strong evidence in support of the postulated responsiveness of community remittances to location-related differences in sharing norm pressures, and the presence of a donor fatigue effect. The policy implications are discussed. Adapted from the source document.
In: The journal of development studies, Band 50, Heft 3, S. 383-398
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 50, Heft 3, S. 383-398
ISSN: 0022-0388
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