Remittance Behavior among Salvadoran and Filipino Immigrants in Los Angeles

Menjívar, Cecilia; DaVanzo, Julie; Greenwell, Lisa; Valdez, R. Burciaga

doi:10.2307/2547562

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“…Other 15 remittances per year, and the average amount sent per remittance was $325. Other survey-based studies fi nding similar results include Menjivar, DaVanzo, Greenwell, survey-based studies fi nding similar results include Menjivar, DaVanzo, Greenwell, andValdez (1998), DeSipio (2000), Clark and Drinkwater (2001), Bendixen andandValdez (1998), DeSipio (2000), Clark and Drinkwater (2001), Bendixen and Associates (2001, 2004a, b), and Amuedo-Dorantes, Bansak, and Pozo (2005). Associates (2001, 2004a, b), and Amuedo-Dorantes, Bansak, and Pozo (2005).…”

Section: Explaining Remittance Decision Making: Insights From Remittamentioning

confidence: 73%

Migrant Remittances

Yang

2011

Journal of Economic Perspectives

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This article is about the economics of migrant remittances sent to developing countries. I review the overall magnitude of remittances and what current research reveals about the motivations for migrant remittances and what effects they have. I discuss field experimental evidence on migrant desires for control over the uses of their remittances. I highlight some key distinctive characteristics of remittances—such as their high frequency and relatively small individual magnitudes—as well as recent experimental evidence on the effect of reductions in remittance transaction fees, and outline a research agenda on the microeconomics of remittance decision making. Finally, I discuss what the future holds for remittances, considering aggregate trends but also approaches likely to be taken by international development agencies, national governments, the private sector, and academic economists.

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Section: Explaining Remittance Decision Making: Insights From Remittamentioning

confidence: 73%

Migrant Remittances

Yang

2011

Journal of Economic Perspectives

331

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“…In a sample of Salvadoran migrants in the U.S. remittances to immediate family members increase over time, while transfers to other relatives become lower. By controlling for the time spent in the host country, Menjivar, Da Vanzo, Greenwell, and Valdez (1998) also find that among Salvadoran and Filipino migrants the probability to remit decreases with the years spent in the U.S. Mestres (2010) in which a dummy for the intention to return is used as an explanatory variable in a dynamic empirical model. However, the difference between temporary and permanent migrants could be more complex, in that the entire time path of the remittance propensity could be different between the two groups (Poirine, 1997), so we adapt our framework of analysis in order to provide some evidence in this regard.…”

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confidence: 93%

Intertemporal Remittance Behaviour by Immigrants in Germany

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Lucchetti

2012

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractIn this paper, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in the 1997-2009 period for a large sample of migrants from 84 countries in order to develop an empirical model for the propensity by migrants to remit. Our model takes into full account the intertemporal aspects of the problem, which has been ignored by a large part of the applied literature, despite its theoretical and empirical importance.We find that most results already established in the empirical literature are confirmed; however, the intertemporal nature of the remittance behaviour emerges very clearly, giving rise to individual patterns which are difficult to synthesize by a simple description. Building on our framework, we find also support for theoretical models which predict different remittance time paths between return and permanent migrants.

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“…This leaves identification on the basis of functional form as the only estimation strategy, as was resorted to in Funkhouser (1995) and Menjivar et al (1998).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As pointed out in Menjivar et al (1998), an immigrant visa may reflect a different motive as well: Instead of sending remittances, the migrant may want to save up to bring family members to the host country. 15 Dummy variables on the living standard and geographic location of the host country are intended to control for differences in wages, cost of living, and the efficiency of remittance infrastructure.…”

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confidence: 99%