Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57828 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge No. 2012/8
Publisher: 
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Berlin
Abstract: 
In policy discussions, it has frequently been claimed that migrants' remittances could function as a catalyst for financial access among receiving households. This paper provides empirical evidence on this hypothesis from Mexico, a major receiver of remittances worldwide. Using the Mexican Family Life Survey panel (MxFLS) for 2002 and 2005, the results from the fixed effects logit model show that receiving remittances is strongly correlated with the ownership of savings accounts and, to some degree, with the availability of borrowing options. These effects are more important for rural households than for urban households and are more important for microfinance institutions, than for traditional banks.
Subjects: 
Remittances
Mexico
Financial Access
Microfinance
JEL: 
G21
O16
F24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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