Beschreibung:
This volume is a collection of essays from economics, demography, sociology and geography on the topic of remittances and international migration in Mexico and Latin America. These mostly empirical studies look at the complexities of the effects of remittances in towns, states andcountries. Together they attempt to shed some light on the various ways in which these flows are utilized and enhanced in order to have a positive impact on remittance receiving households. We sincerely hope that these multidisciplinary perspectives can add to our understanding of the most salient characteristic of international migration and be useful for policy makers in migrant sending countries. Germán A. Zárate-Hoyos is a native of Peru and an immigrant himself. He is associate professor of economics at the State University of New York College at Cortland. Professor Zárate-Hoyos has taught at several universities in California, Utah, as well as at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in México. He hasgiven lectures around the world and written articles on thetopic of remittances and international development. Professor Zárate-Hoyos has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Riverside. He currently lives in upstate New York with his wife Lori and their four children, Thomas, Daniel, Andrew and Nicholas.