Arbeitspapier
Are remittances a "catalyst" for financial access? Evidence from Mexican household data
In policy discussions, it has frequently been claimed that migrants' remittances could function as a catalyst for financial access among receiving households. This paper provides empirical evidence on this hypothesis from Mexico, a major receiver of remittances worldwide. Using the Mexican Family Life Survey panel (MxFLS) for 2002 and 2005, the results from the fixed effects logit model show that receiving remittances is strongly correlated with the ownership of savings accounts and, to some degree, with the availability of borrowing options. These effects are more important for rural households than for urban households and are more important for microfinance institutions, than for traditional banks.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 2012/8
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
Remittances
- Thema
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Remittances
Mexico
Financial Access
Microfinance
Rücküberweisung (Migranten)
Privater Haushalt
Finanzierung
Mikrofinanz
Mexiko
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Ambrosius, Christian
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
- (wo)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2012
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Ambrosius, Christian
- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Entstanden
- 2012
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