Determinants of Remittances: The Case of the South Asian Community in Manchester
利用曼彻斯特印度、巴基斯坦和孟加拉国移民家庭的新数据，研究了收入、就业、教育等标准变量以及汇款目的（消费、购地、储蓄）对汇款行为的影响，并检验了汇款衰减假说。
Abstract This paper investigates the remittance behaviour of the South Asian community using new data from Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi households in Manchester. The findings show that standard variables such as income, employment, education, linkages to the home country and host country are important determinants of remittances. Although remittances are sent mainly for consumption purposes, those sent for land acquisition and savings have stronger association with the amount of remittances. In addition, we find strong evidence for the remittance decay hypothesis for Indian and Pakistani migrants, but not for Bangladeshi migrants.