We explore the time pattern of remittances using data on return migrants from the Mexican Migration Project. Some of these return migrants have settled in the U.S. and are returning to Mexico to visit family and friends, whereas others are temporary migrants returning home after a working spell in the U.S. We find that the dollar amount remitted first increases with time spent in the U.S. to...

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We seek to further understand the factors that determine per emigrant remittances using data from 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries over the 1980-2003 period. We find that emigrants avoid remitting when the exchange rate is under pressure. This finding is consistent with the notion that remitters strive to reduce their exposure to exchange rate losses by taking into account the expected...

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Este es el quinto libro de la colección de trabajos que sobre los temas de la salud, la sociedad y la seguridad social, ha elaborado en los últimos cinco años la Comisión Americana Médico Social. El propósito de este libro es favorecer el debate dentro del campo de la investigación en salud acerca del balance necesario entre la investigación básica y la investigación aplicada, en particular en el...

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