Remittances as insurance: evidence from Mexican immigrants

By Catalina Amuedo‐Dorantes, Susan Pozo. 2006

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Subfields: Gender Studies, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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Remittance Receipt and Business Ownership in the Dominican Republic (2006, neutral): “On the other hand, remittances may be used for other purposes – such as buying a home, acquiring human capital, or purchasing leisure (e.g. Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo, 2006b; Funkhauser, 1992; and Rodriguez and Tiongson, 2001).”
Accounting for Remittance and Migration Effects on Children's Schooling (2010, background): “In this way, migrants maintain “good standing” within the community permitting them to return (with honor) in the event of an unsuccessful migration experience (Lucas and Stark; 1985; Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo, 2006).”
Remittances, migration, and social development (2007, background): “Analysing survey data on Mexico–United States remittances, Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo (2006) concluded that income increases in migrant receiving countries significantly raises both the propensity and the proportion of labour earnings sent home for family-provided insurance as well as for…”
Determinants of savings and remittances: empirical evidence from immigrants to Germany (2011, background): “Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo (2006) analyze both savings and remittances of Mexican immigrants in the US.”
Remittances, Migration and Social Development: A Conceptual Review of Literature (2007, background): “Analysing survey data on Mexico–United States remittances, Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo (2006) concluded that income increases in migrant receiving countries significantly raises both the propensity and the proportion of labour earnings sent home for family-provided insurance as well as for…”
The Determinants of Migrant Remittances (2008, methodology): “By using data collected over a 6-year period, Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo (2006a ) w ere able to differentiate between the effects of period of entry and length of residence.”
The Determinants of Remittances: A Review of the Literature (2007, background): “…of remittances are either based on household surveys that include remittance-receiving households, e.g. Gubert (2002), or specific surveys of the migrants themselves either in the home country, e.g. Amuedo-Dorantes & Pozo (2006) or the destination country, e.g. Holst & Schrooten (2006).”
The savings behavior of temporary and permanent migrants in Germany (2005, neutral): “To explore this issue further, Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo (2006 ) p ay particular attention to the determinants of remittances.”