issues within the context of the migration and development nexus is the role of the migrants' remittances as a source of … capital and possible engine for economic growth in developing countries. The migrants remittances gained in importance on the … international agenda1 because of the dramatic rise in international flows. Between 2001 and 2005 international migrant remittances …

For many countries, remittance behaviour by migrants is an important component of their overall international financial … flows. To date, the empirical literature has analysed the propensity to remit as a function of migrants’ socio … broader context of migrants' labour, income and consumption allocation strategy. On the contrary, the migrant's income has …

that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes … dollars from U.S. migrant remittances appear to enable families to further educate their daughters. Thus, policymakers should …

Using a recent Spanish database, we show that remittances respond to cross country differences in portfolio values … we would expect given migrants' diverse backgrounds and motives for emigrating. Additionally, remitting patterns change … over time with the length of the migration spell, suggesting that remittances sent for portfolio motives become more likely …