The roles of destination, gender, and household composition in explaining remittances: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra

Brière, Bénédicte de la; Sadoulet, Élisabeth; Janvry, Alain de; Lambert, Sylvie

doi:10.1016/s0304-3878(02)00015-9

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“…Evidence shows that remittances from female migrants from the Dominican Republic living in the US seem to respond significantly to negative economic shocks affecting their parents left behind (insurance motive). However, except for males who are the only migrant from the household, male migrants from the Dominican Republic do not generally remit to cover a family emergency [11]. The particularly unstable and risky situation female migrants face may provide them with more incentives to maintain strong ties with their relatives at home and to use remittances to self-insure against negative shocks.…”

Section: Does Gender Have An Impact On the Resilience Of Remittances?mentioning

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Feminization of migration and trends in remittances

Goff¹

2015

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Feminization of migration and trends in remittances

Goff¹

2015

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“…Any riskpooling mechanism must overcome the information and enforcement problems associated with insurance contracts. The insurer might be subject to either moral hazard or adverse selection or both as discussed in Azam and Gubert (2002) and de la Briere, Sadoulet, de Janvry, and Lambert (2002). The preceding shortcomings of the migration strategy are less likely to hold in the specific context of sahelian migration that is largely seasonal (Hampshire 2002).…”

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Household Migration Decisions as Survival Strategy: The Case of Burkina Faso

Konseiga

2006

Journal of African Economies

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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 ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy 105List of Tables Table 1: Sample Structure 17 AbstractThe paper examines the basic determinants behind the process of migration from Burkina Faso to Cote d'Ivoire. It uses a detailed household survey dataset on migration, natural resource management, risk management and solidarity collected in 2000 and 2002 in Northeastern Burkina Faso. In addition, two other village and institutional level surveys were conducted. The methodology emphasizes the link between economic theories and empirical evidence, using econometric tools that are robust to the selection bias. This enables to investigate the specificities of the seasonal migration and to estimate migration incomes.The structural model of migration decision revealed the importance of migration as a mere survival strategy in the study regions. Results showed that even under the pessimistic scenario where the direct benefits of the regional integration program would go exclusively to the leading economy, households in the Sahel may benefit from an increased economic attractiveness of this destination. Owing to the fact that the migration is seasonal, the increased migration will translate into higher liquidity that enables households to overcome credit and insurance market failures and invest in their main agro pastoral activities. Additionally, the role of the unsecured livestock activity acts as an impediment to migration of the pastoralist groups. The study recommended the development of policies that address security issues through wellfunctioning rural labor market institutions and enforceable rules regarding shepherd contracts. It is also important to enforce regional laws regarding the free movement of labor.

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“…Other models analyzed migration as an investment, explicitly integrating costs of migration and taking into account differences in returns due to, for example, human capital characteristics of potential migrants (Hart, 1975). Recent studies emphasize the role of household decision-making on migration (Mincer, 1978;Stark, 1991) and explore the conditions under which households choose to send members to other regions (Hoddinott, 1994;de la Briere et al, 2002). Studies find that credit, capital, and insurance market imperfections play a key role in this decision.…”

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Human Capital, Market Imperfections, Poverty and Migration: Evidence from Albania

Germenji

Swinnen

2004

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 AbstractDuring transition, almost a quarter of the Albanian labour force migrated to EU countries. The vast majority migrated illegally and temporarily to work abroad. This paper analyzes the determinants of Albanian migration from rural areas based on a unique representative survey of rural households. The study confirms that those who migrated temporarily are mostly young, male, and single. Regional variations in migration reflect a combination of cultural and economic factors, including migration costs. However, we find that migrants do not come from the poorest rural households. Moreover, education has a positive, albeit non-linear, effect on the likelihood of migration. Migration is negatively related with household access to alternative income sources and reduced financial constraints but positively related with the presence and household's access to migration networks. Policy implications are that aid programs and government initiatives to invest in rural infrastructure and rural education may have mixed effects on migration. A key policy target to reduce migration should be the creation of non-farm rural employment and rural households' access to finance.

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The roles of destination, gender, and household composition in explaining remittances: an analysis for the Dominican Sierra

Cited by 222 publications

References 22 publications

Feminization of migration and trends in remittances

Feminization of migration and trends in remittances

Household Migration Decisions as Survival Strategy: The Case of Burkina Faso

Human Capital, Market Imperfections, Poverty and Migration: Evidence from Albania

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