Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33274 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1714
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper models financial transfers outside the household for both the Canadian-born and foreign-born Canadian populations in a traditional expenditure framework. Using survey data we estimate transfer functions as part of a larger expenditure system and calculate Engel elasticities for remittances by both the Canadian and foreign-born populations. We conclude that transfers outside the household are a normal good for recent Asian immigrants and a luxury good for all other immigrants and Canadians. Immigrant transfers upon arrival are greater than Canadian-born transfers indicating a strong entry effect. Assimilation or convergence to the Canadian-born norm over time is however very slow. We also find evidence of negative foreign-born transfers as sending country households remit to Canadian immigrant households. Finally, all foreign-born groups generally consider remittances to charitable organizations a greater necessity than inter-household transfers.
Subjects: 
immigration
remittances
JEL: 
J63
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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