Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to … his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant …. -- Assimilation of migrants ; Acculturation identity ; Links with the home country ; Altruism ; Remittances …

Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to … his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant …. -- Assimilation of migrants ; Acculturation identity ; Links with the home country ; Altruism ; Remittances …

endogenous effect increases family members' incentives to specialize as caregiver. The model's predictions are tested using novel …

. This change in living arrangements, which involves the extended family of the migrant, has two relevant implications for … the analysis of the effects of paternal migration and remittances on the children left behind. First, it can give rise to …

their own country. Labor migration is conventionally viewed as economically benefiting the family members who are left … behind through remittances. However, splitting up families in this way may also have multiple adverse effects on education …, health, labor supply response, and social status for family members who do not migrate. Identifying the causal impact of …

to whether or not send a migrant. Yet, the subsequent selection of which family members migrate and which stay behind …

examine the impact of migration on the happiness of the family left behind. We use the propensity score matching estimator to … behind. We also find that the monetary inflows (remittances) that accompany migration do not increase happiness levels among … recipients. These results suggest that the family left behind cannot be compensated, for the increase in unhappiness that it …

Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to … his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant. …

This paper examines the effect of international migration on the welfare of family members left behind at the origin … improves left-behinds' welfare through two different channels: (i) migrants' remittances exceed their forgone income …