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Abstract
Using data from the Nang Rong projects social survey ( N=6,801 households) and qualitative data from semi-structured interviews, I examine the relationship between migrant remittances and the skipped generation household structure. I find that the skipped generation household is a significant determinant of in-kind remittances and the amount of remittances received by the household. Surprisingly, although qualitative data suggest that grandparents living in skipped generation households provide childcare for the children of absent migrants, quantitative evidence reveals that these households receive lower remittance amounts than other households. This suggests that although an exchange motivation may be overlooked in the remittance literature, it does not apply to migrant remittances as it does in the broader literature on inter vivos intergenerational transfers.
Highlights
Migrant remittances involving transfers of money and goods from migrants to their origin households are an important source of income and poverty alleviation for migrants, their households, and their origin communities in many parts of the developing world
Qualitative interviews shed some light on the internal dynamics of skipped generation households
I investigate the relationship between remittances and the skipped generation household as an indication of exchange of money for services
Summary
Migrant remittances involving transfers of money and goods from migrants to their origin households are an important source of income and poverty alleviation for migrants, their households, and their origin communities in many parts of the developing world. A growing body of literature in developing countries documenting “transnational motherhood,” and the internal migration of women suggests the increasing incidence of children left behind in the care of surrogate caregivers (Dreby, 2006; Hondagneu-Sotelo and Avila, 1997; Hirsch, 2003; Salazar Parreñas, 2005; Schmalzbauer, 2004). These children of migrating parents reside in “skipped generation” households, in which grandparents are the primary care providers for their grandchildren, and neither parent is present (Casper and Bryson, 1998). I consider the theoretical and empirical literature on migrant remittances, and the rationale for studying exchange as an underlying motivation for remittances
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