In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained … and the network structure in the home country both play important roles in explaining remittances. -- Remittances ; gender … be explained by the underlying transnational network contract. Second, remittances sent by foreigners and naturalized …

This paper aims to investigate empirically how international migration and remittances in Indonesia, particularly … sending households are likely to vary depending on the gender of the migrants. On average, migration reduces the working hours …, female migration and their remittances tend to reduce child labor. The estimated impacts of migration and remittances on …

This study examines the role of migrant's remittances on labor supply for a panel of Peruvian households over the … period 2002-2006. Remittances can undermine the incentives to work. On the other hand, the in ows may alleviate credit … estimations, we show that remittances have no average effect on employment. However, (male) wage- employment decreases, and self …