Remittances as insurance: Evidence from Mexican immigrants

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-254

  Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina ^a   Pozo, Susan ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Precautionary savings; Workers' remittances

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745318839     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0079-6     Document Type: Article

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