-country savings does not affect remittances sent home by migrants …We implemented a randomized field experiment that tested ways to stimulate savings by international migrants in their … origin country. We find that migrants value and take advantage of opportunities to exert greater control over financial …

We examine the effect of remittances on the migrant households consumption and saving patterns as well as their living … find that remittances seem to change the household consumption patterns. However, we do not find strong evidence that … indicates remittances improve these households' living standard. Moreover, it seems that remittance households do not enjoy …