We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we … remittances offer complete insurance toward decreased consumption during health shocks and that moral hazard is weak. The role of … investigate whether remittances are subject to moral hazard by receivers, how the informal insurance provided by remittances …

across different income brackets. Findings show that foreign remittances lead to significant consumption changes. Contrary to …This study analyzes differential consumption patterns of Pakistani migrant households resulting from foreign and … domestic remittances. Using the Working-Leser model and a number of matching techniques, we analyze a large representative …

terms of both consumption and leisure time. Drawing on household panel data in rural Mexico, I find that migration increases … non-migrants' consumption, but that this consumption gain cannot be explained by labor supply adjustments. Migration … improves left-behinds' welfare through two different channels: (i) migrants' remittances exceed their forgone income …

A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the … consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less … benefits of legal migrants increases the consumption of ethnic goods, thus creating a trap wherein the willingness of the local …

A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the … consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less … benefits of legal migrants increases the consumption of ethnic goods, thus creating a trap wherein the willingness of the local …

A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the … consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less … benefits of legal migrants increases the consumption of ethnic goods, thus creating a trap wherein the willingness of the local …

A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the … consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less … benefits of legal migrants increases the consumption of ethnic goods, thus creating a trap wherein the willingness of the local …

terms of both consumption and leisure time. Drawing on household panel data in rural Mexico, I find that migration increases … non-migrants' consumption, but that this consumption gain cannot be explained by labor supply adjustments. Migration … improves left-behinds' welfare through two different channels: (i) migrants' remittances exceed their forgone income …

Empirical evidence that migrants send home more remittances after disasters raises the question of whether remittances … remittances, which supports the idea that remittances act as (self-) insurance. We also show that purchasing formal funeral cover …

Empirical evidence that migrants send home more remittances after disasters raises the question of whether remittances … remittances, which supports the idea that remittances act as self-insurance. We also show that other risk management strategies …