La, HaiDean-Leung, Suiwah2015-12-081559-3738http://hdl.handle.net/1885/29573By analyzingdatafromthethreeVietnamHouseholdLivingStandards Surveysbetween 2002 and 2006, theauthorsfoundthataverylargeproportion of Vietnamesehouseholdsreceivedremittancesduringthoseyearsandthat theseremittancesconstitutedasignificantshareofhouseholdincomes.The majorityofhouseholdsreceivedremittancesfromwithinVietnam,butforthose abletoaccessremittancesfromabroad,theamountswereverymuchlarger. In general,remittancesdoseemtoplayan �insurancerole� forthepoor, cushioninganysuddenfallsinhouseholdincomes.Thereisalsosomeevidence thatpublictransferscancrowdoutprivateremittances,buttheeffectisby no meanscomplete.Author/s retain copyrightRemittances from Migrants: Experience of Vietnamese Households201310.1525/vs.2012.7.4.102020-12-27