Empirical evidence that migrants send home more remittances after disasters raises the question of whether remittances … unique data set on the usage patterns of financial services by households in South Africa. We show that the likelihood that a … remittances, which supports the idea that remittances act as (self-) insurance. We also show that purchasing formal funeral cover …

Remittances have greatly increased during recent years, becoming an important and reliable source of funds for many … developing countries. Therefore, there is a strong incentive for receiving countries to attract more remittances, especially … apply a two-step method akin to two stage least squares to deal with the endogeneity of remittances and potential …

countries. We analyze a novel bank-level data set from Nepal, where a steady inflow of remittances has contributed to foreign …