It is often assumed that international labor migration from Tajikistan, while having no noticeable effects on … on household consumption patterns, albeit being rather small, actually speak in favour of investment of remittances, with …

This paper explores the impact of international migration on school enrollment of children staying behind in Tajikistan … nonreceiving households, and households with migrant parents to single out the impact of migration and remittances. The results … other household members. Receiving remittances reduces the adverse impact of migration by only 1-3 percentage points. The …

We study how migration affects education of girls in Tajikistan - the poorest post-Soviet state and one of the most … remittances. In contrast, school attendance of teenage girls (ages 12-17) falls when siblings migrate, while parental migration … and remittances have no effect. Having a grandmother as the head of household after parents (typically fathers) migrate …

use remittances, informal loans, or assets as ex post risk-coping mechanisms. Since these households have limited access … on their networks of family and friends to partially insure their consumption. 2SLS and OLS estimates show that … approximately 27 percent of consumption is insured. International remittances from migrant members replace about 11 percent of …

by immigrants. We theorise that remittances to persons outside the households represent transfers to maintain social … relations with relatives and friends and religious/charitable remittances are expenditures which foster group membership. Using … remittances to persons and to charities by both the Canadian and foreign-born populations. We conclude that expenditures to …

motivation in the framework of extended family agreements, we embed remittances in a formal demand system, suggesting that they … analysing the determinants of remittances. -- international migration ; household behaviour ; remittances …

Remittances from overseas can encourage human capital investment and improve educational outcomes in developing … of remittances on the human capital formation of school-age children. After correcting for selection bias and other … potential endogeneities with instrumental variables and fixed effects regressions, remittances are found to have negative …

Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to … his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant …. -- Assimilation of migrants ; Acculturation identity ; Links with the home country ; Altruism ; Remittances …

Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to … his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant …. -- Assimilation of migrants ; Acculturation identity ; Links with the home country ; Altruism ; Remittances …

remittances, income, consumption and savings. Moreover, since a large share of individuals do not remit money at all, an …" motives. -- Double-hurdle model ; migration ; remittances …