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Remittances as insurance: evidence from Mexican immigrants

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Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes ()
Susan Pozo ()

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Volume (Year): 19 (2006)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 227-254
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Keywords: Workers’ remittances; Insurance; Precautionary saving; F22; D8; O16;

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  1. Niimi, Yoko & Pham, Thai Hung & Reilly, Barry, 2008. "Determinants of remittances : recent evidence using data on internal migrants in Vietnam," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4586, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  2. Richter, Susan M., 2008. "The Insurance Role of Remittances on Household Credit Demand," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6261, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
  3. Matloob Piracha & Yu Zhu, 2007. "Precautionary Savings by Natives and Immigrants in Germany," SOEPpapers 33, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). [Downloadable!]
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  4. Mueller, Valerie & Shariff, Abusaleh, 2009. "Preliminary evidence on internal migration, remittances, and teen schooling in India:," IFPRI discussion papers 858, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
  5. Carlos Vargas-Silva, . "Crime and Remittance Transfers," Working Papers 0903, Sam Houston State University, Department of Economics and International Business. [Downloadable!]
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  6. Thomas K. Bauer & Mathias G. Sinning, 2009. "The Purpose of Remittances – Evidence from Germany," Ruhr Economic Papers 0109, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Downloadable!]
  7. Mathias Sinning, 2007. "Determinants of Savings and Remittances – Empirical Evidence from Immigrants to Germany," Ruhr Economic Papers 0023, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Downloadable!]
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  8. Theodore Palivos, 2009. "Welfare effects of illegal immigration," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 131-144, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  9. Stark, Oded, 2009. "Reasons for Remitting," Discussion Papers 52800, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF). [Downloadable!]
  10. Mathias Sinning, 2007. "Wealth and Asset Holdings of Immigrants in Germany," Ruhr Economic Papers 0030, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Dortmund, Universität Duisburg-Essen. [Downloadable!]
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  11. David A. Grigorian & Tigran A. Melkonyan, 2008. "Microeconomic Implications of Remittances in an Overlapping Generations Model with Altruism and Self-Interest," IMF Working Papers 08/19, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
  12. Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes & Susan Pozo, 2004. "On the Use of Differing Money Transmission Methods by Mexican Immigrants," Economic Working Papers at Centro de Estudios Andaluces E2004/06, Centro de Estudios Andaluces. [Downloadable!]
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