migrants, rather than characteristics of their family situations, explains much of the higher remittances. … large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …

Recorded remittances to Africa have grown dramatically over the past decade. Yet data limitations still mean relatively … little is known about which migrants remit, how much they remit, and how their remitting behavior varies with gender … policy interest relate to remittance behavior. Africans are found to remit twice as much on average as migrants from other …

productivity and therefore wages as well as policies that improve the business climate could therefore encourage Romanian migrants …

remittances, using as instruments indicators of the migrants'economic conditions in the destination countries. …, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda -- to investigate the link between international remittances and households'financial inclusion … in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper finds that receiving international remittances increases the probability that the …

Remittances are a major source of external finance for many developing countries but the cost of sending remittances … products and new cost comparison information sources rely heavily on the financial literacy of migrants. This paper presents … the results of a randomized experiment designed to measure the impact of providing financial literacy training to migrants …

eases access to financial services for migrants and reduces transaction costs, is positively associated with remittances …This paper examines how international remittances are affected by structural characteristics, macroeconomic conditions … bilateral remittances from 103 Italian provinces to 87 developing countries over the period 2005-2011. Remittances are …