Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51958 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5657
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper explores the existence of network effects in migrants' remittance behavior. In this study, networks are defined as groups of immigrants from the same country that live in the same locality. Using the National Immigrant Survey, a unique database for Spain, immigrants are found to be more likely to remit and to remit more money if they belong to high remitting country groups. This finding sheds new light on the determinants of the decision to remit, as well as on the scope of immigrant networks.
Subjects: 
immigrant networks
remittances
Spain
JEL: 
J61
F22
O15
A14
E21
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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