habits and encouraging joint decision-making with spouses back home in India. 13-17 months later, we surveyed migrants and … wives to estimate intent-to-treat impacts in their transnational households. Wives of treated migrants changed their … financial practices, and became more likely to seek out financial education themselves. Treated migrants and their wives became …

The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In … contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of … individuals with a personal migration background. Major findings are: First, concerns about xenophobia lead to higher remittances …

Gender-specific determinants of remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In …-specific determinants of remittances from Germany. Here we attempt to fill this gap, focusing on gender roles and network effects. We … distinguish between three different groups of migrants: foreigners, Germans with migration background, and all individuals with …

unresolved related issue of whether remittances actually increase with migrants' level of education. The determinants of … remittances considered include migration levels and rates; migrants' education level; and source countries' income, financial … considered in the few existing studies on this topic. Our main finding is that remittances decrease for migrants with tertiary …