Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0 
Author-Name: Constant, Amelie F.
Author-Email: constant@iza.org
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT, and IZA
Author-Name: Zimmermann, Klaus F.
Author-Email: zimmermann@fas.harvard.edu
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, and Harvard University
Title: Diaspora economics: New perspectives
Abstract: Findings: Diaspora economics is more than a new word for migration 
	 economics. It opens a new strand to political economy. Diaspora is 
	 perceived to be a well-defined group of migrants and their offspring 
	 with a joined cultural identity and ongoing identification with the 
	 country or culture of origin. This implies the potential to undermine 
	 the nation-state. Diasporas can shape policies in the host countries.  
	 Design/methodology/approach: Combine ethnicity, migration and 
	 international relations into a new thinking. Provide a typology of 
	 diaspora and a thorough evaluation of its role and the roles of the home 
	 and host countries.  
	 Originality/Value: Provide a new understanding of global human 
	 relations.
Keywords: Diaspora economics, ethnicity, migration, nation-state
Classification-JEL: F22, F24, F66, F68, J61, O15
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20160819
Number: 2016-042
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2016/wp2016-042.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2016042