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Melissa Siegel |
Position: ESPP Fellow
Email address: melissa.siegel@governance.unimaas.nl
Educational background
September 2005 MA Policy and Organization Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
June 2004 MSc Law and Economics Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
May 2003 BA Economics College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Research Interest
My main
research interests include migration and remittances. International flows of worker remittances have grown rapidly in recent decades. They were estimated to reach $167 billion in 005, surpassing Official Development Aid (ODA). Since these flows are largely associated with poverty alleviation and development possibilities, it is essential that we better understand the specific characteristics of remittances in order to formulate better policy initiatives to allow the unrestricted flow of remittances in a safe and efficient manner. My research is mainly concerned with a comparative approach to understanding the determinants of remittances and the determinants of channel choice focusing on both macro and micro level determinants with particular emphasis on specific country characteristics. Within this main research there are three particular themes: overall determinants of remittances and channel choice, how culture or ethnicity play a role and the regulation of remittances. I am particularly interested in the cases of Netherlands to Suriname, Turkey, Morocco, and Netherlands Antilles and Moldova. I am currently involved in a World Bank Remittances Corridor Project with Utrecht School of Economics and the Dutch Ministry of Finance which looks as remittances between the Netherlands and Suriname.
Curriculum Vitae
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Publications
Hagen-Zanker, Jessica and Siegel, Melissa (2007) The determinants of remittances: A comparison between Albania and Moldova, Working paper
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Hagen-Zanker, Jessica and Siegel, Melissa (2007) The determinants of remittances: A review of the literature, Working paper
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Unger, Brigitte and Melissa Siegel (2006) The Netherlands-Suriname Remittances Corridor: Prospects for Remittances When Migration Ties Loosen, World Bank Bilateral Remittance Corridor Analysis.
Unger, Brigitte, Melissa Siegel, Greg Rawlings, Joras Ferwerda, Madalina Busuioc, Wouter de Kruijf and Kristen Wokke (2006) The Amounts and Effects of Money Laundering, Dutch Ministry of Finance Report.
Plantenga, Janneke and Melissa Siegel (2004
European Childcare Strategies. Position Paper for the European Conference on Childcare in a Changing World. Groningen, the Netherlands, 21-23 October
Siegel, Melissa.
Immigrant Integration and Remittance
Channel Choice, November 2007
Lücke, Matthias, Siegel Melissa.
What Determines the Choice of
Transfer Channel for Migrant
Remittances? The Case of Moldova
Harvard University, The Kiel
Institute for World Economy,
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