Matched sampling methodology (MSM) has been used in remittance studies to understand remittance transfers. However, a detailed examination of the role of trust as a central element in producing reliable and valid research conclusions when a matched sample methodology is used has been missing in the literature. This paper fills this lacuna by arguing that cultivating trust in matched sampling research on remittance transfers, a sensitive subject matter, between African immigrants and their relatives presents a more nuanced narrative of remittance transfers. This approach shows that not only do African immigrants in the ‘Global North’ send remittances back home, but immigrants also receive remittances (reverse remittances) from their relatives on the continent. Using remittance research conducted among Ghanaian immigrants in the UK and their relatives in Ghana, this article identifies three ‘avenues of trust’—‘public avenues of trust’, ‘intermediate avenues of trust’, and ‘private avenues of trust’—to highlight the processes and challenges that researchers encounter while establishing contact with research participants and the role that trust plays in gathering accurate information. Focusing on the role of trust in MSM is in line with recent theoretical paradigms of remittance research that call for soliciting information from both origin and destination countries.

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重新考虑匹配抽样方法：信任在研究在英国的加纳移民与其在加纳的亲属之间的汇款转移中的作用

匹配抽样方法 (MSM) 已用于汇款研究以了解汇款转移。然而，当使用匹配的样本方法时，信任作为产生可靠和有效研究结论的核心要素的作用的详细检查在文献中一直缺失。本文通过认为培养对汇款转移匹配抽样研究的信任来填补这一空白，这是一个敏感的主题，在非洲移民及其亲属之间呈现了一种更细致入微的汇款转移叙述。这种方法表明，不仅“全球北方”的非洲移民将汇款寄回国内，而且移民还从他们在非洲大陆的亲戚那里收到汇款（反向汇款）。本文利用对在英国的加纳移民及其在加纳的亲属进行的汇款研究，确定了三种“信任途径”——“公共信任途径”、“中间信任途径”和“私人信任途径”——以强调研究人员在与研究参与者建立联系时遇到的过程和挑战，以及信任在收集准确信息方面所起的作用。关注 MSM 中信任的作用与最近汇款研究的理论范式一致，该范式要求从来源国和目的地国征求信息。和“私人信任途径”——强调研究人员在与研究参与者建立联系时遇到的过程和挑战，以及信任在收集准确信息方面所起的作用。关注 MSM 中信任的作用与最近汇款研究的理论范式一致，该范式要求从来源国和目的地国征求信息。和“私人信任途径”——强调研究人员在与研究参与者建立联系时遇到的过程和挑战，以及信任在收集准确信息方面所起的作用。关注 MSM 中信任的作用与最近汇款研究的理论范式一致，该范式要求从来源国和目的地国征求信息。