Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1807:
The Drivers of Diaspora Donations for Development: Evidence from the Philippines
Victoria Licuanan, Toman Omar Mahmoud and Andreas Steinmayr
Abstract: Little is known about the drivers of migrant donations to
their home countries. Using data on all donations from Filipino migrants
administered by the Philippine Commission on Filipinos Overseas between
1990 and 2010, this paper explores which host and home country factors are
associated with migrant donations. On the host country side, we find that
donations increase with the level of income earned by the Filipino diaspora
and with the number of hate crimes against minorities. On the home country
side, we find that donations are not well-targeted. As donations mainly
flow to provinces with high rates of emigration, they do not reach the
least developed Philippine provinces. However, the diaspora is responsive
to natural disasters and channels donations to provinces when they are hit
by a typhoon
Keywords: International migration, philanthropy, collective remittances; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F22,; F24; (follow links to similar papers)
22 pages, November 2012
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