Overseas remittances improve the economic conditions and influence the financial behaviors of international migrants’ families that remain in the country of origin. Remittances affect family relationships in the hometown and across transnational borders, but migration research has not yet analyzed these family dynamics through the lens of household finance. Recent studies address the remittance–emotion nexus partially and statically rather than holistically and dynamically, delivering an insufficient understanding of complex and evolving links mediated by the sending, using, and investing of remittances. Built on an existing family financial socialization model, and using mixed methods for case studies in two rural municipalities of the Philippines, this study sets out to determine how emotions come into play as families strive to use remittances productively. A central finding is that migrant households employ what we call emotional earmarking to bring about economic benefits along with concurrent emotional benefits to family relationships. This emotional earmarking can help families (as well as migration and development stakeholders) in the productive use of remittances and the maintenance of family connections despite the physical absence of migrant members.

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情感专用：从菲律宾农村移民家庭的混合方法研究中对汇款和情感的见解


海外汇款改善了经济状况，并影响了留在原籍国的国际移民家庭的财务行为。汇款影响着家乡和跨国界的家庭关系，但移民研究尚未从家庭财务的角度分析这些家庭动态。最近的研究部分地和静态地解决了汇款-情感关系，而不是整体和动态地解决了汇款-情感关系，对汇款、使用和投资所中介的复杂和不断发展的联系的理解不足。本研究建立在现有的家庭财务社会化模型的基础上，并在菲律宾的两个农村城市使用混合方法进行案例研究，旨在确定当家庭努力有效地使用汇款时，情绪如何发挥作用。一个主要发现是，移民家庭采用我们所谓的情感专用来带来经济利益，同时为家庭关系带来情感利益。这种情感专用用途可以帮助家庭（以及移民和发展利益相关者）在移民成员实际缺席的情况下有效地使用汇款并维持家庭联系。