Diaspora transferts statut social et inégalité

Diaspora remittances social status and inequality

Mohamed Jellal ()

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: We consider a model that extends the scope of social preferences of the families of the migrants. This extension allows us to show that if some poor families receive remittances and social culture affects the composition of their consumption, then in presence of strong social inequality, poor families tend to consume more conspicuous goods in order to hide their real hierarchical social position. This finding may explain why remittances are more allocated to consumption rather to the productive investments.

Keywords: Diaspora; Remittances; Social Preferences; Social Status; Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 D63 F22 F24 O1 O12 R2 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-07-15
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