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 …

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. …

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

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

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. …

-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 …

This paper examines the behavior of remittances over the business cycle and their potential to act as a stabilizer … remittances depends on the motives to remit. Second, remittances are less volatile than other foreign currency flows but do not … appear to systemically co-move with business cycle fluctuations. Third, remittances are relatively stable even during …

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 …

correlation is not observable for remittances, an alternative form of foreign-exchange inflows where the capital flight motivation …