Migrants’ Choice of Remittance Channel: Do General Payment Habits Play a Role?

Summary: This paper investigates the determinants in migrants’ choice of payment channel when transferring money to relatives abroad. We analyze survey results on 501 migrants in the Netherlands, identifying five remittance channels: bank, money transfer operator, in-cash transfers via informal inte...

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Published in:	World Development Vol. 62; pp. 213 - 228
Main Authors:	Kosse, Anneke, Vermeulen, Robert
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier B.V. Oct2014
Subjects:	Immigrants Remittances Payment Electronic funds transfers Monetary policy Automated teller machines
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost