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 …

ambiguous net effects on decisions about work, investment, and education. These net effects, and their mechanisms, are poorly … estimators. We find large effects on spending, borrowing, and human capital investment, but no effects on saving or … entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism …

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 …

' motivations are not only altruistic but also self-interested. Given that migrants' remittances and their savings are important … significant effect on remittance flows from illegal migrants took place after the implementation of the IIRIRA. This is consistent … confirms previous research that conditions and policies in the host country affect migrants' remitting behaviour, and migrants …

migrants are complicated by a double-selectivity problem: households self-select into migration, and among households involved …

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 …

This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants …

This paper explores the factors that account for the receipt of remittances across households in Moldova who have … migrants abroad. Unlike most of the existing literature, we approach our research question from the perspective of the … recipient household and use it to interpret the determinants/motivations of remittances. Our results show that a combination of …