The purpose of the paper was to investigate the remittance behavior of immigrant citizens and the motivations behind it, to conceptualize and investigate the determinants of remittances, which have unique implications for immigrant citizens. In addition to the general effects, this study considered effects across immigrant groups and justified that these effects were similar regardless immigrants' origin. The study is based on the data of the 2011 Immigrant Survey that was conducted by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. This survey is unique since this is the only survey of immigrants in Israel which included questions about personal remittances, transnational activities and social adaptation. The sample of the survey was representative of the population of immigrant citizens in Israel and included 3,952 respondents. The study results revealed that remittance behavior of immigrant citizens is predominantly driven by motives of altruism, and only in part by insurance and investment motivation.

本文的目的是调查移民公民的汇款行为及其背后的动机，以概念化方式研究汇款的决定因素，这对移民公民具有独特的意义。除了一般影响外，本研究还考虑了跨移民群体的影响，并证明不管移民的出身如何，这些影响都是相似的。这项研究基于以色列中央统计局2011年移民调查的数据。这项调查是独一无二的，因为这是以色列唯一的移民调查，其中涉及有关个人汇款，跨国活动和社会适应的问题。调查样本代表了以色列的移民公民人数，其中包括3,952名受访者。