Crayen, Dorothee; Hainz, Christa; MartÍnez, Christiane … - In: Journal of Development Studies 49 (2013) 6, pp. 861-875
Empirical evidence that migrants send home more remittances after disasters raises the question of whether remittances are used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a unique data set on the usage patterns of financial services by...