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. …

. In some contexts, these two forms of relatedness interact. Caring about others can conveniently be labeled altruism … deprivation. I provide examples of domains in which the incorporation of altruism and relative deprivation can point to novel … consideration of relative deprivation can substitute for the prevalence of altruism, and vice versa. I conclude that this is a …

that altruism is important for remitting, as the GDP differential between sending and receiving countries is positively … correlated with the average remittance per migrant. By contrast, interest rate differentials are insignificant, suggesting a weak …

. In some contexts, these two forms of relatedness interact. Caring about others can conveniently be labeled altruism … deprivation. I provide examples of domains in which the incorporation of altruism and relative deprivation can point to novel … consideration of relative deprivation can substitute for the prevalence of altruism, and vice versa. I conclude that this is a …

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. …

. In some contexts, these two forms of relatedness interact. Caring about others can conveniently be labeled altruism … deprivation. I provide examples of domains in which the incorporation of altruism and relative deprivation can point to novel … consideration of relative deprivation can substitute for the prevalence of altruism, and vice versa. I conclude that this is a …

. In some contexts, these two forms of relatedness interact. Caring about others can conveniently be labeled altruism … deprivation. I provide examples of domains in which the incorporation of altruism and relative deprivation can point to novel … consideration of relative deprivation can substitute for the prevalence of altruism, and vice versa. I conclude that this is a …

. In some contexts, these two forms of relatedness interact. Caring about others can conveniently be labeled altruism … deprivation. I provide examples of domains in which the incorporation of altruism and relative deprivation can point to novel … consideration of relative deprivation can substitute for the prevalence of altruism, and vice versa. I conclude that this is a …

recipients and little to recipients' altruism toward migrants. We find that the migrant sends larger remittances home when he … large investments, and suggest that altruism among household members does not necessarily enhance a country's development …We investigate the effects of altruism on migrants' decisions to send money home and on their households' decisions to …

that altruism is important for remitting, as the GDP differential between sending and receiving countries is positively … correlated with the average remittance per migrant. By contrast, interest rate differentials are insignificant, suggesting a weak …