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 …

yet firmly established the effect of remittances on household welfare. We investigate the case of Tajikistan, one of the … instrumental variable estimation to confirm a positive relationship between receiving remittances and household welfare after … correcting for endogeneity. Moreover, we find that the effect of remittances on household spending is more pronounced in …

domestic remittances. Using the Working-Leser model and a number of matching techniques, we analyze a large representative … across different income brackets. Findings show that foreign remittances lead to significant consumption changes. Contrary to … the widely-held view, remittances do not raise the budget share on consumer goods and recreation, while the allocation on …

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 …

among Filipinos overseas and depresses women's remittances by over fifty per cent. Clearly, the economic and social losses … associated with this kind of labour market outcome are significant. Remittances ; Immigrants …

This research provides a qualitative and empirical investigation of the microeconomic causes and impacts of remittances …, migrant's age, household income, and household head's job are the most important predictors of the level of remittances. The … first three variables induce the value of received remittances, while the final variable, household head's job, acts to the …

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 …