Remittances—money sent back by migrants to their place of origin—are considered to be both economic and social practices mapping out a transnational space of migration. By sending and receiving money, objects, ideas, and social norms, migrants and non-migrants strengthen their social ties and express their multiple belongings. Remittances can thus be read as a practice of multi-local participation and inclusion. When remittance develops a negative trend, the remittance decay hypothesis thus concludes a shift in belonging: The longer migrants stay in their host country and build a life there, the less they remit. In this article, the remittance decay hypothesis is tested with ethnographic data from interviews and participant observation in the migration nexus between Usak, Turkey, and Fulpmes, Austria. Remittance to Turkey has declined markedly in the last two decades from a record high of 574 USD million in September 1998 to a record low of 11 USD million in August 2019. Ethnographic data with members of three generations of Turkish-Austrians in Fulpmes can help to explain this process from a diachronic perspective: for changing remittance practices and a transformation in remittance scripts, e.g., as investment, compensation, help, gift or charity donation, demonstrate that there is more to the story than a fading sense of belonging.

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“我的家就是我花钱的地方”：使用来自奥地利土耳其社区的人种学数据测试汇款衰减假说

汇款是指移民将资金运回原籍国的一种经济和社会实践，它们划定了跨国移民的空间。通过发送和接收金钱，物体，思想和社会规范，移民和非移民加强了他们的社会联系并表达了他们的多重财产。因此，汇款可以理解为一种多地方参与和包容的做法。当汇款发展为负面趋势时，汇款衰减假说将得出归属转移的结论：移民在东道国停留并在该国定居的时间越长，他们的汇款就越少。在本文中，汇款衰减假设使用来自访谈和参与者观察的人种学数据在土耳其Usak和奥地利Fulpmes之间的迁移关系中进行了检验。