TY  - RPRT
        AU  - DeVoretz, Don J.
AU  - Vadean, Florin
        TI  - Social Relations and Remittances: Evidence from Canadian Micro Data
        PY  - 2006/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2501
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2501
        AB  - We theorise that remittances to persons outside the households represent transfers to maintain social relations with relatives and friends and charitable remittances are expenditures which foster group membership. We estimate transfer functions as part of a larger expenditure system and calculate Engel elasticities for remittances to persons and to charities. We conclude that expenditures to enhance social relations with relatives and friends are a normal good for recent Asian immigrants and a luxury good for all other immigrants and Canadians. This fact indicates strong cultural differences in the remittance behaviour of the population groups included.
        KW  - international migration
KW  - household behaviour
KW  - remittances
        ER  -