Introduction: remittance space: buildings as evidence of social change -- The remittance house: dream homes at a distance -- Tres por uno: the spatial legacy of remittance policy -- El jaripeo: the gendered spectacle of remittance -- La casa de cultura: norteño institutions transform public...

This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The empirical problem previous studies address is the self-selection of households into migration, i.e. the endogenous decision as to whether or not send a migrant. Yet, the subsequent...