-based systems, and their impact on the choice of migrants to send remittances. Secondly we discuss whether alternative remittances … sending channels increase access to financial services for remittance-sending and remittance-receiving households. Africa, and … countries. We find that in comparison to traditional remittances sending channels, mobile money transfer channels are often …

-based systems, and their impact on the choice of migrants to send remittances. Secondly we discuss whether alternative remittances … sending channels increase access to financial services for remittance-sending and remittance-receiving households. Africa, and … countries. We find that in comparison to traditional remittances sending channels, mobile money transfer channels are often …

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. …

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 …

countries. We analyze a novel bank-level data set from Nepal, where a steady inflow of remittances has contributed to foreign …

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

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 …