TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Mbaye, Linguère Mously
        TI  - Remittances and Credit Markets: Evidence from Senegal
        PY  - 2015/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9340
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9340
        AB  - This study investigates the impact of remittances on credit markets in Senegal. The findings show that remittances and credit markets are complements; namely, the receipt of remittances increases the likelihood of having a loan in a household. This result is robust after controlling for the potential endogeneity of remittances through household fixed effects and an instrumental variable approach. A detailed analysis also shows that the impact of remittances on credit markets is mainly driven by loans taken for consumption and food, in particular, as well as loans provided by informal institutions.
        KW  - remittances
KW  - credit markets
KW  - migration
        ER  -