Why do migrants remit?: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra

Two contrasting hypotheses about what motivates Dominican migrants to send remittances to their rural parents in the Sierra are tested: (1) an investment in potential bequests and (2) an insurance contract between parents and migrant children. Remittances from young migrants, males, and migrants who...

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Main Authors:	de la Briere, Benedicte, de Janvry, Alain, Lambert, Sylvie, Sadoulet, Elisabeth
Format:	Artículo preliminar
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 1997
Subjects:	developing countries gender relations investment social aspects economic aspects gender household budget families migrant remittances
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161199