The main purpose of this study is to determine whether remittance-receiving households in Indonesia have truly experienced a measurable increase in their welfare. It focuses on how social capital may enhance the efforts of Indonesia’s female migrant workers to improve their and their family’s welfare at home. Our findings confirm that social capital enhances the impact of remittances by increasing the welfare of the migrant workers and their immediate family members. Remittance-receiving households with strong and wide-ranging social capital tend to use the extra income from remittances more for investment. In turn, this generates future income, which boosts the impacts of their remittances on their overall welfare.

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通过社会资本增强汇款的作用：来自印度尼西亚家庭数据的证据

本研究的主要目的是确定印度尼西亚接受汇款的家庭是否真的经历了可衡量的福利增长。它侧重于社会资本如何加强印度尼西亚女移民工人的努力，以改善她们及其家人的家庭福利。我们的研究结果证实，社会资本通过增加农民工及其直系亲属的福利来增强汇款的影响。具有强大和广泛社会资本的汇款接收家庭倾向于更多地将来自汇款的额外收入用于投资。反过来，这会产生未来的收入，从而提高他们的汇款对其整体福利的影响。