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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International Food Policy Research Institute
1997
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| author | de la Briere, Benedicte de Janvry, Alain Lambert, Sylvie Sadoulet, Elisabeth |
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| description | 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 want to return to the Sierra follow a pattern consistent with investment. In contrast, female migrants with no intention of returning to the Sierra play the role of insurers. The gender composition of the migrant siblings affects this remittance task-sharing, since women with no remitting brothers show interest in inheritance, while men with no sisters offer insurance. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1611992025-11-06T05:39:09Z Why do migrants remit?: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra de la Briere, Benedicte de Janvry, Alain Lambert, Sylvie Sadoulet, Elisabeth developing countries gender relations investment social aspects economic aspects gender household budget families migrant remittances 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 want to return to the Sierra follow a pattern consistent with investment. In contrast, female migrants with no intention of returning to the Sierra play the role of insurers. The gender composition of the migrant siblings affects this remittance task-sharing, since women with no remitting brothers show interest in inheritance, while men with no sisters offer insurance. 1997 2024-11-21T09:54:06Z 2024-11-21T09:54:06Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161199 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute de la Briere, Benedicte; de Janvry, Alain; Lambert, Sylvie; Sadoulet, Elisabeth. 1997. Why do migrants remit?;an analysis for the Dominican Sierra. FCND Discussion Paper 37. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161199 |
| spellingShingle | developing countries gender relations investment social aspects economic aspects gender household budget families migrant remittances de la Briere, Benedicte de Janvry, Alain Lambert, Sylvie Sadoulet, Elisabeth Why do migrants remit?: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra |
| title | Why do migrants remit?: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra |
| title_full | Why do migrants remit?: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra |
| title_fullStr | Why do migrants remit?: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why do migrants remit?: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra |
| title_short | Why do migrants remit?: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra |
| title_sort | why do migrants remit an analysis for the dominican sierra |
| topic | developing countries gender relations investment social aspects economic aspects gender household budget families migrant remittances |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161199 |
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