intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple …

Analysis of remittances lies in the very centre of the scientific debate on developmental impacts of migration. On the …. On the micro level remittances may constitute the major source of income and become a means towards consumption smoothing … (migration as survival strategy). Notwithstanding, the very nature of remittances and underlying factors are still under …

Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the … risk aversion and remittance behavior. Risk-averse individuals are more likely to send remittances home and are, on average … a "purchase of self-insurance" motive to remit, we also provide evidence of more remittances sent by risk averse …

The U.S. is the largest source country of remittances with an outflow of more than $70 billion estimated for 2016 … determinants of remittances originating from the United States for a diverse set of approximately 3,800 households with at least … 0.20-0.30. Remittances are more responsive to earnings in households with more adult women relative to men. …

immigrant networks. -- immigrant networks ; remittances ; Spain …

We use Moroccan data to study the determinants of international migrants' remittances, testing the altruistic and … welfare hypotheses. In particular, we analyze and assess what motivates migrants to send remittances back home. Our results … lend support to the altruistic hypothesis suggesting that remittances are sent to households with low levels of welfare …

entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism. -- migration ; households ; remittances …