A Mixed‐Method Analysis of Remittance Scripts Among Bolivian Immigrants in Spain

Abstract

The use of mixed methods to deal with the complexity of remittance motivations is still infrequent. This paper uses statistical and qualitative data and provides evidence on the conceptual framework for understanding remittance behaviour proposed by the scholar Jørgen Carling. Carling's 'remittance scripts' understand remittances as multifaceted transactions and enrich the assessment of the relationship between remittances and development at origin. We use quantitative and qualitative data, both extracted from an ethnosurvey conducted in Spain, to shed light on the situation of transnational Bolivian immigrants after the economic crisis of 2008. We argue that the transactions are best represented by the necessity to provide for the recipients' basic needs.

Time poverty and gender in urban sub‐Saharan Africa: Long working days and long commutes in Ghana's Greater Accra Metropolitan Area

“…This combines primary quantitative data from a survey completed by 799 people and qualitative data from 24 focus groups involving 200 participants. Whilst most previous research on time poverty has been quantitative, mixed‐methods approaches have increasingly been used in studies of poverty and deprivation (see Davis & Baulch, 2011; Fibaek, 2021; Lawson et al, 2006; Parella et al, 2021; Stevano, 2019). In this paper, mixed methods enabled time poverty to be considered from different perspectives, contributing substantial insights into people's long working days.…”