A sizable literature has concluded that remittances impact the expenditure patterns of households. We explore how the …

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 … insurance. -- remittances ; insurance ; risk management strategies …

Using a recent Spanish database, we show that remittances respond to cross country differences in portfolio values … over time with the length of the migration spell, suggesting that remittances sent for portfolio motives become more likely …. -- remittances ; portfolio motives ; Spain …