The distribution of consumption in Moldova implies that changes in workers' remittances, migration, and energy prices …, rather than the poor, benefit most from remittances and have the most to lose from a decline. The burden of an energy price … to family dissolution, rather than to migration in itself. Migrants come disproportionately from relatively rich …

households with no remittances. These increased expenditures on education represent investment in human capital. Like other …"The author uses a large household data set from Guatemala to analyze how the receipt of internal remittances (from … Guatemala) and international remittances (from the United States) affects the marginal spending behavior of households on …

migrants’ attitudes and behaviors in sending remittances, in engaging in investments and savings, and to explore changes across … remittance costs as a part of a more comprehensive strategy to foster the migration and development nexus, a specific section …

"This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal …' decision to participate in the labor market. The results indicate that male migration for work has a negative impact on the … both on observable and unobservable characteristics) in the impact of male migration. The findings highlight the important …

matching as well as village and household networks as instruments for remittances receipts, average estimates suggest that …"The objective of this paper is to present microeconomic evidence on the economic effects of international remittances … on households' spending decisions. Remittances can increase the household budget and reduce liquidity constraint problems …