Requests and letters of recommendation in Ptolemaic Egypt in the third century B.C. were some effective ways used by Greek immigrants to improve their conditions, to obtain a good job or to solve the
The Black Marriages in Lisbon, Portugal, 1611-1623 dataset is a contribution to the study of urban slavery and the African diaspora in early modern Portugal. It presents biographical information, such
Migrants leave their country of origin for many reasons, while a significant number will retain contact with their country of origin. This study focuses upon one migrant...
Using bilateral data on remittance flows to Pakistan for 23 major host countries, this is the first study that examines the effect of transaction costs on foreign remittances. The authors find that th
Abstract From the economic opening of China in 1979 until these days, a socioeconomic dynamics has been forming, linking wholesale centers between China and Brazil through trade flows and migratory mo
