Remittances have risen spectacularly in recent decades, capturing the attention of researchers and policymakers and … spurring debate on their pros and cons. Remittances can improve the well-being of family members left behind and boost the …

Remittances have risen spectacularly in absolute terms and in relation to traditional sources of foreign exchange, such … as export revenues. Remittances can improve the well-being of family members left behind and boost growth rates of …

While a sizable literature has concluded that remittances impact the expenditure patterns of households, we have a …. Using data from Mexico, we find that both the size and the uncertainty of remittances raise asset accumulation among …

international remittances raise health care expenditures. Approximately 6 pesos of every 100 peso increment in remittance income are … spent on health. The sensitivity of health care expenditures to variations in the level of international remittances is … analyze the impact of remittances by health care coverage. As expected, we find that households with some kind of health care …

Using a recent Spanish database, we show that remittances respond to cross country differences in portfolio values … over time with the length of the migration spell, suggesting that remittances sent for portfolio motives become more likely …. -- remittances ; portfolio motives ; Spain …

countries particularly susceptible to economic hardship. We examine the role of remittances in either alleviating or increasing … causality and endogeneity and find that while income smoothing does not appear to be the main motive for sending remittances in … a non-negligible share of households, remittances do indeed smooth household income on average. Other variables …