This study estimates determinants of remittances to the Philippines. Remittance growth responds to real growth in the … employment policies. While most studies conclude that remittances are exclusively either driven by altruistic or self …-interested motives, the evidence in this study supports remittances driven by both. The dual nature of remittances means that remittances …

The literature has focused on motives to explain remittance behavior. But as non-anonymous transfers, remittances are … practices, in which everyone gives but in modest amounts. -- Remittances ; remittance motives ; giving norms …