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Gender-Specific Determinants of Remittances: Differences in Structure and Motivation

Fuente:  Manuel Orozco, B. Lindsay Lowell, and Johanna Schneider

Resumen: Junio 2006, Washington DC. World Bank Group. Gender and Development Group, PREM

There is relatively little research that specifically examines differences in female and male migrants’ remitting behavior. This research paper explicitly assess gender and remittances with random surveys of formal remittance senders from 18 different countries— from Latin America, the Caribbean, and West Africa—and residing in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Firstly, the findings indicate that women remit lesser amounts of monies than men and this characterizes women from most countries.

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Gender-Specific_Determinants_of_Remittances.pdf