, brought about by migration, with huge statistical observed positive effects of received worker remittances on smart human …

This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from … remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The results of our cross-section and panel analyses indicate that remittances … increase schooling and reduce child labour. Although international remittances are found to have a stronger beneficial impact …

Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the … risk aversion and remittance behavior. Risk-averse individuals are more likely to send remittances home and are, on average … a "purchase of self-insurance" motive to remit, we also provide evidence of more remittances sent by risk averse …

After independence, the GCC countries relied heavily on foreign workers from fellow Arab countries. Thus, remittances … flowed from GCC to other countries in MENA. In the 1980s-1990s labor source switched to South Asia; so did the flow of … remittances. This paper examines the consequences of the shift in the source of labor by econometrically testing the existence of …

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … Jamaica or El Salvador – are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The quantitative …

' motivations are not only altruistic but also self-interested. Given that migrants' remittances and their savings are important …

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The …

Using a recent Spanish database, we show that remittances respond to cross country differences in portfolio values … over time with the length of the migration spell, suggesting that remittances sent for portfolio motives become more likely …

migrants send home. This paper examines whether remittances actually increase with migrants’ education level. The determinants … of remittances it considers include migration levels or rates, migrants’ education level, and source countries’ income … considered in the few studies on this topic. Our main finding is that remittances decrease with the share of migrants with …