1. The Role of Transnational Family Distribution in Shaping Remittance Flows
- Author
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BARTOLINI, Laura
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INVESTMENT ,CITIES ,MIGRANT ,REMITTANCE OUTFLOWS ,NUCLEAR FAMILIES ,IMMIGRANTS ,ANNUAL REMITTANCES ,FAMILIES ,LABOR MIGRATION ,WHO ,MIGRATION–DEVELOPMENT NEXUS ,LEGAL IMMIGRATION ,POLICY MAKERS ,POPULATION ,NATIONAL LEVEL ,MIGRANTS ,INCOME ,BENEFICIARIES ,MIGRANT WOMEN ,INVESTMENTS ,IRREGULAR MIGRANTS ,NUMBER OF CHILDREN ,RESOURCE ALLOCATION ,PLACE OF RESIDENCE ,TEMPORARY MIGRATION ,WOMEN ,REMITTANCE RECIPIENTS ,LABOUR MARKET ,SEND MONEY ,AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES ,MIGRANT REMITTANCES ,TRANSACTIONS ,COUNTRY OF DESTINATION ,LOANS ,SETTLEMENT ,DESTINATION COUNTRY ,SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION ,REMITTANCE FLOWS ,RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS ,REMITTERS ,PAYMENT SYSTEMS ,FAMILY REUNIFICATION ,INCOMES ,HOLDING ,REMITTANCE ,MARKETS ,FINANCE ,FORCED MIGRATION ,REMITTANCE TRANSFER ,TRANSFERS ,ACROSS BORDERS ,PROGRESS ,LABOR MARKET ,REMITTANCE TRANSFERS ,MONETARY FLOWS ,COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ,MORTGAGES ,MIGRANT REMITTANCE ,MARKET ,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES ,MIGRATION PATTERNS ,MIGRATION POLICY ,LEVEL OF EDUCATION ,FINANCIAL SERVICES ,MIGRA ,FAMILY MEMBERS ,ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ,IMMIGRATION STATUS ,RETURN ,FAMILY STRUCTURE ,COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN ,ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ,MALE MIGRANTS ,HISTORY ,CITIZENSHIP ,ECONOMIC TRENDS ,SPOUSE ,ETHNOGRAPHY ,REMITTANCE SENDERS ,HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ,FIRST GENERATION ,REMITTANCES ,INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ,POLICIES ,FAMILY STRUCTURES ,REPAYMENTS ,MONEY TRANSFERS ,GENDER DIFFERENCES ,REMITTANCE TRANSACTIONS ,POLICY ,HEALTH CARE ,FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ,INVESTMENT DECISIONS ,TOTAL AMOUNT OF REMITTANCES ,INSURANCE ,CITIZEN ,SEX ,HOUSEHOLDS ,INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW ,RESPECT ,IMPACT OF REMITTANCES ,UNITED NATIONS ,REMITTANCE AMOUNT ,INFORMAL FLOWS ,DETERMINANTS OF REMITTANCES ,MIGRATION ,POWER ,ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES ,HOUSEHOLD INCOME ,DEFAULT ,FAMILY COMPOSITION ,RETURN MIGRATION ,DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ,LEGAL STATUS ,WORKING MIGRANTS ,INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION ,UNDP ,FAMILY FORMATION ,MARKET INTEGRATION ,POLICY BRIEF ,MARITAL STATUS ,REMITTANCES FOR DEVELOPMENT ,INTEREST ,REMITTANCE RECEIVERS ,TRANSPORTATION ,UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS ,PIONEERS ,IMMIGRATION ,SHARE ,MIGRATION PROCESS ,GENDER ,CLUSTERS ,MACROECONOMIC LEVEL ,EXPENDITURE ,TRANSACTION - Abstract
Migration experiences are often associated with some sort of transnational economic activity which connects the past and the present of migrants abroad, and specifically with remittances. Motivations to send money at origin have been deeply investigated at the micro as well as at the macro level, as remittances can affect recipient households’ well-being, investment and consumption levels in the receiving countries and play an insurance role against external shocks. This paper contributes to the literature on migrants’ remittances providing evidence for migrants from Morocco, Peru and Romania, three traditional labor-exporting countries with a medium level of economic development, from three different geographical areas and with different migration patterns to Italy. Exploiting a relatively rich, albeit small-scale, dataset we analyze the spatial distribution of migrants’ nuclear families and households and we build three different migratory profiles, Loners, Pioneers and followers, characterized by the timing and sequence of the migration event with respect to the rest of the nuclear family. Then author test a negative binomial model to describe the variation in the variable ‘remittances amount’. Beyond cross-country variations and after controlling for the most commonly used individual demographic and economic characteristics, our analysis consistently clusters migrants according to their family and household structure in Italy and abroad to explain the total amount of remittances sent to the origin country.
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- 2015