Board #30 - Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?: The Influence of Remittances’ Large-Scale Impacts on Individual-Level Choices

• In Event: 74-313 - Poster Session: Gender, Human Rights and Social Inclusion

Brief Overview

I examine the effects of information on immigrants’ remittance patterns. Experimental results show information has little impact on the likelihood of sending, but beliefs about improved family and state economic circumstances motivate remittances.

Author

• Ayda Nouman, University of Wisconsin–Madison