are for rural females. For children in wealthier households, the effects of remittances are either negative or non … on schooling for non-migrant households that receive remittances and no effects for children living in households where …We exploit the size of the 2010 Ecuadorian Census to estimate the effect of remittances on secondary school enrollment …

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human …

receipt of remittances affect educational outcomes in Haiti. Based on a theoretical approach it tries to disentangle the … effects of both phenomena that have mostly been jointly modeled in previous literature. The results suggest that remittances …. Household wealth, captured via an asset index, is found to have a signi?cant impact on education as well, supporting the idea …

of remittances on the human capital formation of school-age children. After correcting for selection bias and other … education, including financial literacy education, better monitoring of farm labor hours of school-age children, and targeted …Remittances from overseas can encourage human capital investment and improve educational outcomes in developing …

The paper sheds light on the apparent success of dollarization in Ecuador. The experience of Argentina with …, remittances. Reliance on remittance income is seen as a stop gap that cannot secure sustainability of the monetary system and …

During a global shock two forces act upon international remittances in opposite directions: income losses among … migrants may reduce their ability to send remittances and, at the same time, migrants' concern for their family's wellbeing may … prompt them to send more remittances back home. Which of these drivers prevail is an empirical matter. We assemble quarterly …

The paper studies the effects of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Ethiopia using an urban … household survey from 2004. In order to identify the effects of remittances on poverty and inequality, counterfactual …

Workers’ remittances have become the second largest source of net financial flows to developing countries. However, the … main motives for sending remittances remain controversial. This paper examines the importance of altruistic versus … investment motive. Finally, migrants’ skills raise remittances, while a large informal economy in the sending country depresses …

Remittances are considered as an important component of GDP in many developing countries. In order to increase …

growth and welfare; by working out the consequences of the migration of parents for the wellbeing of their children; by …