invest or to consume those remittances. Previous studies have devoted extensive attention to migrants' altruism toward … recipients and little to recipients' altruism toward migrants. We find that the migrant sends larger remittances home when he … that other household members in the home country likely consume rather than invest remittances if they are highly …

Remittances are considered as an important component of GDP in many developing countries. In order to increase … country with higher labour endowment. -- International Migration ; Remittances ; Migration Tax ; Oligopolistic Competition …

, brought about by migration, with huge statistical observed positive effects of received worker remittances on smart human … ; environmental accounts and accounting ; environmental equity ; population growth ; international migration ; remittances …

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … Jamaica or El Salvador - are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The quantitative … countries and about 10% for the main sending countries. -- migration ; remittances ; international trade ; welfare …

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The …

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … Jamaica or El Salvador – are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The quantitative …

, brought about by migration, with huge statistical observed positive effects of received worker remittances on smart human …

Remittances are considered as an important component of GDP in many developing countries. In order to increase …

Using disaggregated sectorial data, this study shows that rising levels of remittances have spending effects that lead …