Remitting Behaviour of Nepalese Rural-to-Urban Migrants: Implications for Theory and Policy
利用尼泊尔数据检验农村向城市移民汇款行为的动机假说，发现继承可能性、家庭依附、返乡预期和教育投资显著影响汇款水平，但汇款未促进农村长期资本投资。
This article uses data for Nepal to test contemporary hypotheses about the remitting behaviour and associated motives of rural-to-urban migrants and to consider the likely impact of such remittances on rural development. Possibilities for inheritance, degree of family attachment, likelihood of eventual return to place of origin and family investment in the education of the migrants are found to be significant influences on levels of remittances by Nepalese migrants. However, in Nepal, remittances do not seem to result in long-term capital investment in rural areas and so may not promote long-term development of these areas.