DEPP working paper

This Working Paper is part of the Development Economics and Public Policy series

Determinants of the Savings and Fixed Asset Holdings of Turkish Migrants in Germany

Hulya Ulku.

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate whether or not migrants' links to their host and home countries have an impact on their savings and fixed asset holdings in these two countries. Using data from 590 Turkish households in Berlin, we find that migrants' links to Germany and Turkey encourage them to save and hold fixed assets in these countries. However, the impact on fixed asset holdings is stronger, in that migrants with stronger links to either country not only increase their fixed asset holdings in that country, but also reduce them in the other. These results shed new light on the short and long term saving behaviour of Turkish migrants.

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