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 …

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … - such as Canada or Australia - are better off. The remaining natives in countries with large emigration flows - such as … Jamaica or El Salvador - are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The quantitative …

plans. We use a unique data source that provides unusual detail on remittances and return plans, and follows the same … household over time. Our data allows us also to distinguish between different purposes of remittances. We analyze the …, and remittances. The panel nature of our data allows us to condition on household fixed effects. To address measurement …

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 …

. Our results reveal that migrants' education has no significant impact on the likelihood of sending remittances …. Conditional on sending remittances, however, high-skilled migrants send significantly higher amounts of money to their households …Research on the relationship between high-skilled migration and remittances has been limited by the lack of suitable …

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 …

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and …€“ such as Canada or Australia – are better off. The remaining natives in countries with large emigration flows – such as … Jamaica or El Salvador – are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The quantitative …

plans. We use a unique data source that provides unusual detail on remittances and return plans, and follows the same … household over time. Our data allows us also to distinguish between different purposes of remittances. We analyze the …, and remittances. The panel nature of our data allows us to condition on household fixed effects. To address measurement …