Arbeitspapier

Remittances and income smoothing

Due to inadequate savings and binding borrowing constraints, income volatility can make households in developing countries particularly susceptible to economic hardship. We examine the role of remittances in either alleviating or increasing household income volatility using Mexican household level data over the 2000 through 2008 period. We correct for reverse causality and endogeneity and find that while income smoothing does not appear to be the main motive for sending remittances in a non-negligible share of households, remittances do indeed smooth household income on average. Other variables surrounding income volatility are also considered and evaluated.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5568

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
International Migration
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Economywide Country Studies: Latin America; Caribbean
Thema
remittances
income smoothing
Rücküberweisung (Migranten)
Haushaltseinkommen
Volatilität
Schätzung
Mexiko

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina
Pozo, Susan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2011

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104133908
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina
  • Pozo, Susan
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2011

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