Remittances and Financial Inclusion : Evidence from El Salvador

• Tác giả: Diego Anzoategui
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 364.97 Criminology
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 291524
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO BANK; 2. ACCESS TO BANK ACCOUNTS; 3. ACCESS TO CREDIT; 4. ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES; 5. ACCESS TO SAVINGS

Tóm tắt

This paper investigates the impact of remittances on financial inclusion. This is an important issue given recent studies showing that financial inclusion can have significant beneficial effects on households. Using household-level survey data for El Salvador, the authors examine the impact of remittances on households' use of savings and credit instruments from formal financial institutions. They find that although remittances have a positive impact on financial inclusion by promoting the use of deposit accounts, they do not have a significant and robust effect on the demand for and use of credit from formal institutions. If anything, by relaxing credit constraints, remittances might reduce the need for external financing from financial institutions, while at the same time increasing the demand for savings instruments.