Do Migrants' Remittances Decline over Time? Evidence from Tongans and Western Samoans in Australia

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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Richard P.C.
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-30T00:20:21Z
dc.date.available2009-10-30T00:20:21Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractThere is concern that Pacific Island economies dependent on remittances of migrants will endure foreign exchange shortages and falling living standards as remittance levels fall because of lower migration rates and the belief that migrants’ willingness to remit declines over time. The empirical validity of the remittance-decay hypothesis has never been tested. From survey data on Tongan and Western Samoan migrants in Sydney, this paper estimates remittance functions using multivariate regression analysis. It is found that the remittance-decay hypothesis has no empirical validity, and migrants are motivated by factors other than altruistic family support, including asset accumulation and investment back home.
dc.identifier.citationBrown, R. P. C. 1998. Do Migrants' Remittances Decline over Time? Evidence from Tongans and Western Samoans in Australia. The Contemporary Pacific 10 (1): 107-51.
dc.identifier.issn1043-898X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/13199
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i Press
dc.publisherCenter for Pacific Islands Studies
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectregression
dc.subjectremittances
dc.subjectsample survey
dc.subjectTonga
dc.subjectWestern Samoa
dc.subject.lcshOceania -- Periodicals.
dc.titleDo Migrants' Remittances Decline over Time? Evidence from Tongans and Western Samoans in Australia
dc.typeArticle
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