This paper analyses the impact of remittances on household expenditure behaviour in Senegal. We use propensity score … matching and OLS methods to assess the average impact of remittances on several household budget shares. Our results show a … productive use of international remittances in Senegal. However, the impact of remittances disappears when the marginal spending …

We examine the effects of receiving remittances on household saving behaviour and expenditure patterns in Vietnam. We … Household Living Standard Survey (VHLSS) of 2012. We find that remittances have a positive impact on household savings and … tend to use remittances productively, with receiving households increasing their investments in human and physical capital …

to foreign capital inflow through remittances; remittances represented around 13% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009 … and its remittances sending migrants, e.g. the UNDP's 2010 Kosovo Remittance Study, this discussion paper puts a specific … well as the remittances receiving household in Kosovo. In our analysis of migrant households, we present results on socio …