Why Do Migrants Remit?: An Analysis for the Dominican Sierra
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Two contrasting hypotheses about what motivates Dominican migrants to send
remittances to their rural parents in the Sierra are tested: (1) an investment in potential
bequests and (2) an insurance contract between parents and migrant children. Remittances
from young migrants, males, and migrants who want to return to the Sierra follow a
pattern consistent with investment. In contrast, female migrants with no intention of
returning to the Sierra play the role of insurers. The gender composition of the migrant
siblings affects this remittance task-sharing, since women with no remitting brothers show
interest in inheritance, while men with no sisters offer insurance.