concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: remittances

economics and stratification
type: Concept
narrower: remittances

global perspectives
type: Concept
narrower: remittances

immigration and citizenship
type: Concept
narrower: remittances

remittances
type: Concept
broader: immigration and citizenship
broader: global perspectives
broader: economics and stratification
definition: Remittances, in their most common usage, are the transfer of a portion of a migrant worker's wages back to his or her family. A more encompassing definition of remittances includes so-called social remittances: the sending of products (foodstuff, electronics, automobiles, etc.) and the transfer of ideas formed and beliefs adopted from migrant destination workplaces to native communities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Remittances]