on developing countries remains unclear. Some researchers have argued that migrants who are more educated tend to bring … their immediate family members to the host country, and thus, send less money to the source country in remittances. While …. Together, these two results suggest a positive association between education and remittances, which is indeed, what we find in …

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 analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants … those in the first cohort, though the policy change has no discernible effect on the level of remittances. …

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 …

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remittances to be used more effectively, and concerns about externalities from skilled workers being lost. As a result there is …, developing new savings and remittance products that allow migrants more control over how their money is used, and some efforts to … provide financial education to migrants and their families. Suggestive evidence together with theory offers support for a …

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 … potential endogeneity between return plans and different investment decisions. We also investigate the potential trade-off and … trade-off between immigrants' investment in the home and in the host country. In turn, we find substantial heterogeneity in …