To test whether transfers sent and received by regional migrants serve an insurance role, this paper estimates the … rainfall shocks in rural Nicaragua, I find that migrants aged 15-21 years provide unilateral insurance to their origin … household. Distinguishing by destination and economic activity I show that the level of insurance increases when migrants and …

To test whether transfers sent and received by regional migrants serve an insurance role, this paper estimates the … rainfall shocks in rural Nicaragua, I find that migrants aged 15-21 years provide unilateral insurance to their origin … household. Distinguishing by destination and economic activity I show that the level of insurance increases when migrants and …

put on the effects of internal, rural-urban migration (and its concomitant remittances). This paper analyses the net … effects of remittances from internal, rural-urban migrants on selfemployment and on investments of the left-behind households … households receiving remittances from internal, rural-urban migrants are less likely to be self-employed - both in Thailand and …

put on the effects of internal, rural-urban migration (and its concomitant remittances). This paper analyses the net … effects of remittances from internal, rural-urban migrants on selfemployment and on investments of the left-behind households … households receiving remittances from internal, rural-urban migrants are less likely to be self-employed - both in Thailand and …

send remittances. It also analyses the consequences of internal migration on the wellbeing of migrants and their family and …

reduction in the transaction costs of remittances. We follow the introduction of mobile money for the first time in rural …, where we observe lower agricultural activity and investment. At the same time, remittances received and welfare of rural …

reduction in the transaction costs of remittances. We follow the introduction of mobile money for the first time in rural …, where we observe lower agricultural activity and investment. At the same time, remittances received and welfare of rural …

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 …

This study examines the role of migrant's remittances on labor supply for a panel of Peruvian households over the … period 2002-2006. Remittances can undermine the incentives to work. On the other hand, the in ows may alleviate credit … estimations, we show that remittances have no average effect on employment. However, (male) wage- employment decreases, and self …