Remittances for Economic Development: the Investment Perspective

Thanh Le

No 4411, MRG Discussion Paper Series from School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia

Abstract: Based on the economic theory of the family, this paper constructs a model of remittances where the migrant, besides sending money to his family, also invests in his home country. The investment is looked after by a family member in return for some monetary compensation. The model focuses on two different cases: statecontingent transfers (transfers are tied to investment outcomes) and fixed transfers (transfers are mainly of altruistic motive). As the migrant derives utilities from consumption, his consumption-investment decision is driven by preferences and future investment prospects. The transfers are to increase with both business encouraging and income compensatory effects.

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Journal Article: Remittances for economic development: The investment perspective (2011)
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