Altruism: primary motivation of remittances

被引：28

作者：

Azizi, SeyedSoroosh ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Northern Illinois Univ, Dept Econ, De Kalb, IL 60115 USA

来源：

APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2017年 / 24卷 / 17期

关键词：

Migration; remittances; altruism;

D O I：

10.1080/13504851.2016.1267840

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This article examines primary incentives of remittances. After controlling for host country's GNI per capita, real exchange rates and real interest rates, a rise in home country's GNI per capita leads to fewer remittances. A rise in host country's GNI per capita motivates migrants to remit more. Real interest rates have no effect on remittances. These results indicate primary incentive of remittances is altruism.

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页码：1218 / 1221

页数：4