We provide a direct test of the impact of altruism on remittances. From a sample of 105 male migrant workers from … remittances. Altruism does not seem to matter. However, we document a strong positive relationship between altruism and … remittances for those migrants that report a loan obligation back home, which is nearly half the sample. We explain the role of …

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. …

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 …

the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor. …

Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan …. International emigration from Tajikistan, in which approximately 93.5% of the participants are men, reduces labour force …