Transnational migration and the economy of funerals: Changing practices in Ghana

By Valentina Mazzucato, Mirjam Kabki, Leonard V. Smith. 2006

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Subfields: Demography, Sociology and Political Science

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In Demography

1. J. Carling
2. A. Castaldo
3. Richard Black
4. Valentina Mazzucato

In Sociology and Political Science

1. J. Carling
2. A. Castaldo
3. Richard Black
4. Valentina Mazzucato

Citations in the corpus

• The Double Engagement: Transnationalism and Integration. Ghanaian Migrants’ Lives Between Ghana and The Netherlands (2008, background): “This showed that virtually all the costs of the funeral were born by the migrant in the Netherlands who spent approximately Euro 6,500 on the event (Mazzucato et al. 2006).”
• Scripting Remittances: Making Sense of Money Transfers in Transnational Relationships 1 (2014, background): “A case in point is lavish Ghanaian funerals that are financed by transnational donations that are publicized to the guests (Mazzucato, Kabki, and Smith, 2006).”
• RETURN MIGRATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN GHANA AND CÔTE D’IVOIRE: THE ROLE OF CAPITAL TRANSFERS (2009, result): “The significance of kinship networks in promoting and maintaining small business activities has been noted by other studies in Ghana (La Ferrara 2003; Mazzucato et al. 2006).”