The paper studies the link between international remittances and interhousehold transfers. Using a simple insurance … households. The effect of remittances on interhousehold transfers is empirically investigated using an urban household survey … transfer given, controlling for total household income and other covariates. -- international remittances ; interhousehold …

The study explored the impact of remittances on poverty in selected emerging markets. On the theoretical front, the … optimistic view argued that remittances inflow into the labour exporting country reduces poverty whereas the pessimistic view … proponents said that remittances dependence syndrome retards both economic growth and income per capita. Separately, using two …