Savings in transnational households: a field experiment among migrants from El Salvador

We implemented a randomized field experiment that tested ways to stimulate migrants’ savings in their origin country. We find that migrants value opportunities to exert greater control over financial activities in their home countries. We offered U.S.-based migrants bank accounts in El Salvador, ran...

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2015
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Universidad del Rosario
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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
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eng
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Migrants
El Salvador
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dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Savings in transnational households: a field experiment among migrants from El Salvador
dc.title.TranslatedTitle.spa.fl_str_mv Ahorro en hogares transnacionales: un experimento de campo entre migrantes de El Salvador
title Savings in transnational households: a field experiment among migrants from El Salvador
spellingShingle Savings in transnational households: a field experiment among migrants from El Salvador
Migrants
El Salvador
title_short Savings in transnational households: a field experiment among migrants from El Salvador
title_full Savings in transnational households: a field experiment among migrants from El Salvador
title_fullStr Savings in transnational households: a field experiment among migrants from El Salvador
title_full_unstemmed Savings in transnational households: a field experiment among migrants from El Salvador
title_sort Savings in transnational households: a field experiment among migrants from El Salvador
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Migrants
El Salvador
topic Migrants
El Salvador
description We implemented a randomized field experiment that tested ways to stimulate migrants’ savings in their origin country. We find that migrants value opportunities to exert greater control over financial activities in their home countries. We offered U.S.-based migrants bank accounts in El Salvador, randomly varying migrant control over El Salvador–based savings by offering different accounts across treatments. Migrants offered the greatest degree of control accumulated the most savings. Impacts likely represent increases in total savings; there is no evidence that savings increases were simply reallocated from other savings mechanisms. Enhanced control over home country savings does not affect remittances sent home.
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