paid to migrants' savings and transfers to family members in the home country. Our findings indicate that migrants who …

paid to migrants' savings and transfers to family members in the home country. Our findings indicate that migrants who … relevant. -- International migration ; savings ; remittances …

The effect of social security and other forms of government debt on national savings is one of the most widely debated … policy questions in economics today. Some estimates suggest that social security has reduced U.S. savings by almost forty … percent. This paper examines recent cross-section and time series empirical tests of the social security-savings question and …

The effect of social security and other forms of government debt on national savings is one of the most widely debated … policy questions in economics today. Some estimates suggest that social security has reduced U.S. savings by almost forty … percent. This paper examines recent cross-section and time series empirical tests of the social security-savings question and …

savings? Is it primarily accumulation for retirement as claimed by Albert Ando, Richard Brumberg, and Franco Modigliani in … their celebrated Life Cycle Model of Savings? Is it primarily intentional accumulation for intergenerational transfers? Or … is it primarily precautionary savings, much of which may be bequeathed because of imperfections in annuity markets? This …