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 … care than households lacking any health care coverage. Hence, remittances may help equalize health care expenditures across …

A sizable literature has concluded that remittances impact the expenditure patterns of households. We explore how the … of household expenditures on asset accumulation by 4 to 9 percent. These results suggest that both the level and the …

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

developing countries by curtailing undocumented immigration, restricting the cyclicality of migration flows and limiting … remittances as one of the least volatile sources of income in the developing world. …