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 …

mechanisms proposed. Next the main linkages identified between migration and development – remittances, return migration and …

economic position. We also find that remittances from females emphasize investment in home improvements and acquisition of farm … land and nonfarm assets, whereas remittances of men are channeled more toward housing assets and business ventures. …

large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … than characteristics of their family situations explains much of the higher remittances. …

) and show how hiring labor from outside the household and transfers to the household might induce a reduction in children … the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor. …

Using disaggregated sectorial data, this study shows that rising levels of remittances have spending effects that lead …

-based systems, and their impact on the choice of migrants to send remittances. Secondly we discuss whether alternative remittances … countries. We find that in comparison to traditional remittances sending channels, mobile money transfer channels are often …, availability and access to the remittances by receiving households or security of transactions. More importantly, mobile cash …

-based systems, and their impact on the choice of migrants to send remittances. Secondly we discuss whether alternative remittances … countries. We find that in comparison to traditional remittances sending channels, mobile money transfer channels are often …, availability and access to the remittances by receiving households or security of transactions. More importantly,mobile cash …

We study the determinants of remittances to developing countries at different time horizons. Remittances to developing … households in developing countries. Different hypotheses suggest that remittances are often sent to compensate for low incomes … consumption) in recipient countries. Two popular hypotheses about the causes of remittances are the altruism and insurance …

effects for household residents, but also for temporary migrants (rural-urban migrants) and children who have moved …