dc.contributor.author
Ambrosius, Christian
dc.contributor.author
Cuecuecha, Alfredo
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T08:16:53Z
dc.date.available
2014-09-08T09:38:41.958Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/19738
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000020905
dc.description.abstract
While recent literature has pointed out that migrants’ remittances have a
positive impact on savings with financial institutions, findings with respect
to access to and the use of loans have been ambiguous. This paper investigates
whether the reception of remittances facilitates taking up loans from formal
or informal sources among Mexican households and finds positive and
statistically significant effects of remittances on borrowing and on the
existence of debts. We address methodological concerns of selection bias and
reverse causality through household fixed effects and an instrumental strategy
that exploits distance to train lines and labor market conditions in the US as
exogenous determinants of remittances.
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dc.relation.ispartofseries
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000318-5
dc.relation.ispartofseries
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000006-7
dc.rights.uri
http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::337 Weltwirtschaft
dc.title
Do Remittances Increase Borrowing?
refubium.affiliation
Wirtschaftswissenschaft
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refubium.mycore.fudocsId
FUDOCS_document_000000020905
refubium.series.issueNumber
2014,19 : Economics
refubium.series.name
Diskussionsbeiträge des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin
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FUDOCS_derivate_000000003877
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access