title: Intrafamily relations, migration and remittances.
abstract: "This paper attempts to develop a formal model of interdependent decision making within the context of the family with regard to migration and remittances.  The migration process is viewed as a deliberate strategy designed by the family for maximizing its total welfare.  The interrelationships between the migrant and the rest of the family are modelled as a self-enforcing co-operative game and the remittances are an a priori requirement for the distribution of gains in an implicit co-insurance system. The migration decision and the remittances are determined by the bargaining strength of the migrant and the rest of the family, who act to promote their own self-interest." The focus is on developing countries.
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005191:Family Characteristics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Microeconomic Factors; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Population; Population Dynamics; Remittances; Rural-urban Migration