A comparative event-history analysis of migration-investment linkages among sub-Saharan international migrants (DR Congo, Ghana, Senegal)

Cris Beauchemin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)
Mezger Cora, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)
Marc Thévenin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

The objective of the paper is to examine the role of personal migration experience on investments in durable assets. More specifically, it investigates the impact of international migration on investments of three African migrant groups in real estate and business assets in their home country, using longitudinal and transnational data from the “Migration between Africa and Europe” survey. The results suggest that personal migration experience stimulates investment in assets, but that its role varies by the type of investment (business vs. real estate), the type of migration experience (still at destination vs. back home), by destination (Africa vs. Europe) and also by origin.