While a sizable literature has concluded that remittances impact the expenditure patterns of households, we have a …. Using data from Mexico, we find that both the size and the uncertainty of remittances raise asset accumulation among … consideration in the analysis of household expenditure patterns and in the design of policies to leverage the most out of remittance …

This paper provides a fact sheet of domestic and international remittances at the State level and across household … characteristics and discusses the extent of remittance dependency, it's growth since the 1990's, the different uses of remittances …-08, 60% being Inter-State transfers and 80% directed towards rural households (b) Domestic remittances financed over 30% of …

the probability of remitting and the amount of remittances sent by the migrant to the household. These findings vary …This study analyses the determinants of both the decision to remit money and the total remittances by Nigerian migrants … determinants of remittances from both the sending and receiving end. A recent and richer remittances survey data for Nigeria by the …

This paper reexamines the literature on the impact of migration on household members left behind at origin. The … different sets of weaker assumptions. Using Mexican panel data, I show that standard estimates ignoring the intra-household …

income shocks and whether they use migration, remittances, informal loans, or assets as ex post risk-coping mechanisms. Since … 16 percent of consumption is insured. While domestic remittances from other families replace about 51 percent of income …

This study analyzes the impact of remittances as seen in household survey data from three small rural communities. OLS … and multivariate anova regressions were used to analyze household survey data collected in Cumbe and Gualaceo (Ecuador … remittances acted as "compensation for poor economic performance" rather than capital promoting economic development …

household's likelihood of receiving remittances. We also compute average treatment effects as well as the marginal impact of … receiving remittances on household welfare, across welfare quantiles. The novelty of our approach is to control for omitted … welfare level of a household per se does not trigger the receipt of remittances. The receipt of remittances favors non …

use remittances, informal loans, or assets as ex post risk-coping mechanisms. Since these households have limited access … approximately 27 percent of consumption is insured. International remittances from migrant members replace about 11 percent of …

Remittances make a significant part of households' income in Kyrgyz Republic and play a big role in the economy. This … work analyses the impact of international migrants' remittances on the expenditure structure of households in the Kyrgyz …

We study the impact of international remittances on schooling in the Philippines. Unlike the previous studies, we allow … household. This is potentially important, because the employment opportunities abroad are usually taken at the expense of the …