on household consumption patterns, albeit being rather small, actually speak in favour of investment of remittances, with …

remittances sent to rural households on consumption-type and investment-type expenditures. We apply propensity score matching to … account for the selection of households into receiving remittances, and estimate average treatment effects on the treated. We … find that remittances supplement income in rural China and lead to increased consumption rather than increased investment …

economies. The results suggest that remittances and aid flows are associated with increased international risk sharing. Other …

improves left-behinds' welfare through two different channels: (i) migrants' remittances exceed their forgone income …

This paper examines the effect of remittances on household expenditure patterns applying propensity score matching … the productive or non-productive use of remittances, expenditures on non-food investment categories, such as durable goods …