From Consumption to Savings? Interpreting Tongan and Western Samoan Sample Survey Data on Remittances

Bibliographic Data

ID11147459
AuthorsAdrian Walker (The University of Queensland, corresponding author), Ryan P Brown (0000-0003-2401-6077, The University of Queensland), Richard P C Brown (The University of Queensland)
Year1995
Volume4
Issue1
Pages89-115
Publication date1995-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian and Pacific migration journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0117-1968 • E-ISSN: 2057-049X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/011719689500400105
OpenAlexW2312286000
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited18

This article examines the findings of an analysis of sample survey data on the uses and determinants of remittances among Tongan and Western Samoan households. These surveys were undertaken at both the receiving and remitting ends of the process, and bring forth important evidence that remittances are not used exclusively for consumption purposes and play an important role in contributing to both savings and investment in the migrant sending countries. It also shows that remittances appear not to be driven exclusively by altruistic sentiments and the need for family support, but also, among some migrant categories, by the motivation to invest. There appears to be substantial scope for policy intervention on the part of Pacific island governments to increase the flows of remittances into their economies

Business · Consumption (sociology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Investment (military · Political science · Population · Samoan · Sample (material · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Survey data collection · Survey sampling · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Demography · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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