Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment*

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor(a) principal: Batista, Cátia
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Narciso, Gaia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11061
Resumo: Do information flows matter for remittance behavior? We design and implement a randomized control trial to quantitatively assess the role of communication between migrants and their contacts abroad on the extent and value of remittance flows. In the experiment, a random sample of 1,500 migrants residing in Ireland was offered the possibility of contacting their networks outside the host country for free over a varying number of months. We find a sizable, positive impact of our intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple substitution effect. Instead, our analysis points to this effect being a likely result of improved information via factors such as better migrant control over remittance use, enhanced trust in remittance channels due to experience sharing, or increased remittance recipients’ social pressure on migrants.
id RCAP_46378cca012fa6a64e1f2398f46e4bbc
oai_identifier_str oai:run.unl.pt:10362/11061
network_acronym_str RCAP
network_name_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository_id_str
spelling Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment*information flowsinternational migrationmigrant networksremittancesrandomized control trialDo information flows matter for remittance behavior? We design and implement a randomized control trial to quantitatively assess the role of communication between migrants and their contacts abroad on the extent and value of remittance flows. In the experiment, a random sample of 1,500 migrants residing in Ireland was offered the possibility of contacting their networks outside the host country for free over a varying number of months. We find a sizable, positive impact of our intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple substitution effect. Instead, our analysis points to this effect being a likely result of improved information via factors such as better migrant control over remittance use, enhanced trust in remittance channels due to experience sharing, or increased remittance recipients’ social pressure on migrants.NORFACE Research Programme “Migration in Europe - Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics”, Department of Economics and the Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund at Trinity College Dublin, Nova Forum at Nova University of LisbonNova SBERUNBatista, CátiaNarciso, Gaia2014-01-20T15:58:14Z2013-122013-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/11061eng2183-0843info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-10T15:30:17ZPortal AgregadorONG
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment*
title Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment*
spellingShingle Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment*
Batista, Cátia
information flows
international migration
migrant networks
remittances
randomized control trial
title_short Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment*
title_full Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment*
title_fullStr Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment*
title_full_unstemmed Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment*
title_sort Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment*
author Batista, Cátia
author_facet Batista, Cátia
Narciso, Gaia
author_role author
author2 Narciso, Gaia
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Batista, Cátia
Narciso, Gaia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv information flows
international migration
migrant networks
remittances
randomized control trial
topic information flows
international migration
migrant networks
remittances
randomized control trial
description Do information flows matter for remittance behavior? We design and implement a randomized control trial to quantitatively assess the role of communication between migrants and their contacts abroad on the extent and value of remittance flows. In the experiment, a random sample of 1,500 migrants residing in Ireland was offered the possibility of contacting their networks outside the host country for free over a varying number of months. We find a sizable, positive impact of our intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple substitution effect. Instead, our analysis points to this effect being a likely result of improved information via factors such as better migrant control over remittance use, enhanced trust in remittance channels due to experience sharing, or increased remittance recipients’ social pressure on migrants.
publishDate 2013
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2013-12
2013-12-01T00:00:00Z
2014-01-20T15:58:14Z
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11061
url http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11061
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv 2183-0843
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Nova SBE
publisher.none.fl_str_mv Nova SBE
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron:RCAAP
instname_str Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron_str RCAAP
institution RCAAP
reponame_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
collection Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1777302900248150016

Registros relacionados