Motivating migrants: A field experiment on financial decision-making in transnational households

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-127

  Seshan, Ganesh ^a   Yang, Dean ^b,c,d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BREAD ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial decision making; Financial education; India; International migration; Qatar; Remittances; Savings

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; SAVINGS;

INDIA; QATAR;

EID: 84894434478     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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