is the correct specification for the analysis of migrants' savings and remittances rather than the conventional Tobit …This paper investigates the determinants of migrants' financial transfers to their home country using German data. A …. Moreover, while the effect of the household size on migrants' transfers abroad turns out to be significantly negative …

differences disappear, however, for temporary migrants, if their remittances are taken into account. Fixed effects estimations of … differences between temporary and permanent migrants. Utilizing household level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP … the determinants of immigrants' savings rates reveal that intended return migration does not only affect remittances, but …

quantitatively assess the role of communication between migrants and their contacts abroad on the extent and value of remittance … flows. In the experiment, a random sample of 1,500 migrants residing in Ireland was offered the possibility of contacting … intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple …

theoretical and empirical discussion. The aim of the article is to assess patterns of remittances sent by Ukrainian migrants … migrants whose life centers are still located in sending communities remittances easily become an important part of contractual …Analysis of remittances lies in the very centre of the scientific debate on developmental impacts of migration. On the …

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 …

complementarities between various immigrants' investment behaviors. We find that temporary migrants are more likely to remit and invest … behavior across migrants of different origins. …

. 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 …

The U.S. is the largest source country of remittances with an outflow of more than $70 billion estimated for 2016 … determinants of remittances originating from the United States for a diverse set of approximately 3,800 households with at least … 0.20-0.30. Remittances are more responsive to earnings in households with more adult women relative to men. …

remittances and official development aid. Migrants' propensity to remit will also be increasingly relevant for Sweden … official aid to the same countries. The practice of sending remittances can be seen as one specific thing that migrants do as …According to the World Bank, in 2017, an estimated 450 billion US dollars in remittances were sent to Low and Middle …

how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the …