Migrant Remittances and Information Flows : Evidence from a Field Experiment

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 international network on the extent and value of remittance flows. In the experiment, a random sample of 1,500 migrant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Batista, Catia, Narciso, Gaia
Format: Journal Article
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32172