As an Economy Becomes More Developed, Do People Become Less Altruistic?

Kananurak, Papar; Sirisankanan, Aeggarchat

doi:10.1080/00220388.2017.1371297

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“…The empirical results imply that Thai private transfers are motivated by exchange, which contradicts the results of the study of private transfers by Kananurak and Sirisankanan (). There are nevertheless some plausible explanations for this result.…”

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How do private transfers respond to public transfers? Evolutionary evidence from Thailand

Kananurak

Sirisankanan

2019

Asian-Pac Economic Lit

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Private inter‐household transfers and public transfers can change along with changes in social and economic conditions. However, most previous studies have examined their relationship from static perspectives. This study contributes new evidence by investigating the dynamic relationship between public transfers and private inter‐household transfers over the past three decades using a Thailand data set. The results from econometric analysis show that there is no crowding‐out effect of public transfers on private inter‐household transfers for the country as a whole as well as for urban and rural households separately; instead, inter‐household private transfers increase along with public transfers.

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“…Theoretically, the crowding-out effect of public transfers implies that private transfers are altruistically motivated. With regard to this implication,Kananurak and Sirisankanan (2017) found that altruism still dominates as the private interhousehold motive in Thailand.…”

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How do private transfers respond to public transfers? Evolutionary evidence from Thailand

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Sirisankanan

2019

Asian-Pac Economic Lit

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“…Also, the remittance will play a role of the income smoothing in the households left behind disregarding whatever the motives are (e.g., Amuedo-Dorantes & Pozo, 2011). Although some literatures observe the altruism motive for international remittance under the interconnection with other conceptual hypotheses such as the exchange or self-interest hypothesis (e.g., Cox et al, 1998;Cox et al, 2004) or familial motives, including insurance or their strategic hypothesis (e.g., Foster & Seiler, 2001;Agarwal & Horowitz, 2002), the altruism hypothesis is recognized as the theoretical core of motivation in international remittance, and many studies have tested altruistic motives for international remittance (Azizi, 2016(Azizi, , 2019Bouoiyour & Miftah, 2015;Kananurak & Sirisankanan, 2018;Mallick, 2017). The crowding-out effect, which is a critical implication of the altruism hypothesis, has also been investigated in various studies.…”

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“…One of the solid theoretical hypotheses is called the "altruism hypothesis" (Funkhouser, 1995;Lucas & Stark, 1985), and whether such a theoretical concept exists in remittance behavior has been discussed in many studies (e.g., Azizi, 2016Azizi, , 2019Kananurak & Sirisankanan, 2018;Lim & Morshed, 2015;Mallick, 2017). In the altruism hypothesis, migrants would transfer money to their family left behind in the home country to maximize household members' utilities.…”

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How altruism works during a pandemic: Examining the roles of financial support and degrees of individual altruism on international remittance

Nakamura,

Suzuki

2024

World Economy

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While the importance of international remittances has been recognised globally, understanding how public subsidies and the degree of individual altruism affect remittance behaviour remains limited. Although international remittances were predicted to decline drastically in the early stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic, remittance data proved that they were ultimately resilient to the anticipated negative shock of 2020. Potential reasons include altruistic motivations among migrants and economic stimulus programmes in large economies; however, a detailed investigation from a micro‐perspective is lacking and urgently needed. This study examines the impact of financial support in host and home countries and individual altruism on international remittances using unique data from foreign care workers in Japan. Our panel data estimation shows that emergency cash transfers from the host country positively affected migrant remittance amounts; however, no crowding‐out effects were observed due to subsidies from home governments. The heterogeneous analysis also reveals that highly altruistic remitters were more likely to send money home after receiving cash transfers in the host country. The results support the claims of international organisations that the resilience of remittances was supported by altruism and public financial support during the pandemic.

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Intersections between informal social and economic systems in Ghana: transformations and implications for managing economic hardship

Asiamah

2024

Cogent Arts & Humanities

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As an Economy Becomes More Developed, Do People Become Less Altruistic?

Cited by 3 publications

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How do private transfers respond to public transfers? Evolutionary evidence from Thailand

How do private transfers respond to public transfers? Evolutionary evidence from Thailand

How altruism works during a pandemic: Examining the roles of financial support and degrees of individual altruism on international remittance

Intersections between informal social and economic systems in Ghana: transformations and implications for managing economic hardship

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