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 …

Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the … risk aversion and remittance behavior. Risk-averse individuals are more likely to send remittances home and are, on average … a "purchase of self-insurance" motive to remit, we also provide evidence of more remittances sent by risk averse …

remittance-sending countries. We first find that receiving remittances has no significant effect on child labour on average …. However, when the disruptive effect from the absence of a family member is ruled out, remittances significantly reduce child … significant age effect: remittances affect the labour market participation of younger children only, suggesting a progressive …