Macro- and micro-economic evidence suggests a positive role of remittances in preparing households against natural … disasters and in coping with the loss afterwards. Analysis of cross-country macroeconomic data shows that remittances increase … survey data in Bangladesh shows that per capita consumption was higher in remittance-receiving households than in others …

The paper assesses the costs and household level benefits of migrating overseas from Bangladesh. The authors survey …, remittances sent and the constraints faced by the poorest. Using the Propensity Score Matching method, the paper finds that …