Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295323 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 09/09
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
In this paper we study the remittance behavior of immigrants and how it relates to temporary versus permanent migration plans. We use a unique data source that provides unusual detail on remittances and return plans, and follows the same household over time. Our data allows us also to distinguish between different purposes of remittances. We analyze the association between individual and household characteristics and the geographic location of the family as well as return plans, and remittances. The panel nature of our data allows us to condition on household fixed effects. To address measurement error and reverse causality, we use an instrumental variable estimator. Our results show that changes in return plans are related to large changes in remittance flows.
Subjects: 
International Migration
Remittances
JEL: 
F22
F24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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