This paper analyzes the impact of international remittances on poverty and household consumption and investment using … effect on reducing poverty in Indonesia. Second, households receiving remittances in 2007 spent more at the margin on one key …, households receiving remittances in 2007 spent less at the margin on one important investment good -- housing -- compared with …

This paper analyzes the impact of international remittances on poverty and household consumption and investment using … effect on reducing poverty in Indonesia. Second, households receiving remittances in 2007 spent more at the margin on one key …, households receiving remittances in 2007 spent less at the margin on one important investment good -- housing -- compared with …

We examine the effect of remittances on the migrant households consumption and saving patterns as well as their living … standard using the Indonesia Family Life Survey data. Using matching - and difference-in-differences matching estimators, we … find that remittances seem to change the household consumption patterns. However, we do not find strong evidence that …

fertility in Indonesia, and assesses whether the investment in human capital of children and fertility are used to smooth …