In the present work, the topic of remittances was analyzed froma microeconomic point of view. After the important role … determinants that explaintheir investment degree at a national level; this mean, those factors thatinfluence in the remittances … fieldwork, we found evidence that the majorityof the remittances goes to current consume expenditures (75%) andonly a 21% is …

This study investigates the effect of a surging increase in international remittances on poverty in developing … analysis. Our results suggested that international remittances have an uneven effect across poverty quantiles for developing … countries. We found that the poverty alleviating effect of remittances was more pronounced in the worst off group or those in …

We provide a direct test of the impact of altruism on remittances. From a sample of 105 male migrant workers from … remittances. Altruism does not seem to matter. However, we document a strong positive relationship between altruism and … remittances for those migrants that report a loan obligation back home, which is nearly half the sample. We explain the role of …

location decisions. We show that the impact of remittances on the risk faced by the migrant is more complex than usually … location of risk might be counter-intuitive, as remittances increase the migrant’s exposure to risk in the origin country. Also …, marginal returns to remittances may be increasing, at least locally, due to the endogeneity of the future location. Interior …

Do remittances sent by overseas migrants serve as insurance for recipient households? This paper examines how … remittances sent by overseas migrants respond to income shocks experienced by Philippine households. Because household income and … remittances are jointly determined, we exploit rainfall shocks as instrumental variables for income changes. In households with …

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 …

We study the relationship between migration and childrenś education in Tajikistan - one of the poorest and most … family members is negatively associated with childrenś school attendance. Receiving remittances does not offset this negative … Tajikistan has a negative signaling effect on the education of children staying behind. …

"dependency" effect of remittances. Our results show that remittances received by households in Tajikistan have an important …This paper analyses the role of remittances and migration on the occupational outcomes of the household members left … behind in Tajikistan. Using the control function approach, we show that, contrary to some existing evidence, there is no …