sending countries are often undervalued. But migrants may foster trade, remittances, innovations, investments back home, and …

sending countries are often undervalued. But migrants may foster trade, remittances, innovations, investments back home, and …

; international migration ; remittances …

position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic situation of the sending countries through remittances and rise …

The main objective of this paper is to propose a systematic approach to empirically analyse the effect of remittances …), we estimate models in which a measure of subjective well- being is regressed on the level of remittances, and we find a … sizeable positive correlation. The effect of remittances on well-being varies with the socio- economic characteristics of …

sending remittances and the utility of migrants, as proxied by their subjective well-being (SWB). Using data from a new survey … on China, we estimate models in which a SWB measure is regressed on the level of remittances, finding a sizeable positive … family arrangements. As a complementary objective, we use SWB measures to elicit the motivations behind remittances, finding …

The main objective of this paper is to propose a systematic approach to empirically analyse the effect of remittances …), we estimate models in which a measure of subjective well- being is regressed on the level of remittances, and we find a … sizeable positive correlation. The effect of remittances on well-being varies with the socio- economic characteristics of …

The main objective of this paper is to propose a systematic approach to empirically analyse the effect of remittances …), we estimate models in which a measure of subjective well- being is regressed on the level of remittances, and we find a … sizeable positive correlation. The effect of remittances on well-being varies with the socio- economic characteristics of …