households out of poverty. Remittances thus may help in fighting poverty in the Philippines but not in rebalancing growth …As one of the world's largest recipients of remittances, the Philippines received remittances roughly 12% of its gross … role of remittances in increasing household consumption and investment and thereby their potential for rebalancing economic …

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 …

While a sizable literature has concluded that remittances impact the expenditure patterns of households, we have a …. Using data from Mexico, we find that both the size and the uncertainty of remittances raise asset accumulation among … consideration in the analysis of household expenditure patterns and in the design of policies to leverage the most out of remittance …