Are all Dollars Equal? The Meanings Behind Migrants’ Financial Transfers
This paper provides a detailed analysis of financial remittances to families in rural Andean Ecuador. Five different types of transfers are identified and analyzed: family maintenance remittances, migrants’ savings, debt repayment, emergency money, and gift money. In each case, the dollars families...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE |
| Repositorio: | Migraciones Internacionales |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.colef.mx:article/587 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://migracionesinternacionales.colef.mx/index.php/migracionesinternacionales/article/view/587 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | remittances transnational families gender Andes Ecuador remesas familias transnacionales género |
| Sumario: | This paper provides a detailed analysis of financial remittances to families in rural Andean Ecuador. Five different types of transfers are identified and analyzed: family maintenance remittances, migrants’ savings, debt repayment, emergency money, and gift money. In each case, the dollars families receive as remittances have various meanings. In order to fully understand migrants’ money transfers to their families, the relationships between senders and receivers, which include mutual— and sometimes diverging—expectations and obligations, need to be taken into account. These relationships are complex, and shaped by gender, age, and kinship considerations. |
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