The literature on the political economy of remittances largely agrees that as households receive income from migrants abroad they will be less dependent on government goods and patronage. The underlying assumption is that remittance inflows are stable and increasing. The global economic recession of 2008 and 2009 led to major declines in remittance inflows. This paper asks two different but related questions: (1) Do remittance recipients support redistribution? and (2) Do preferences for redistribution change following a negative shock to remittances? Using three waves of survey data, I find that remittance recipients diverge from non-recipients in favoring redistribution following the sudden decline in remittances. I test for possible mechanisms such as dependence on remittances and relative income levels to explain this change in preferences. I find that remittance recipients who are more dependent on remittances or not inclined to emigrate are more likely to favor redistribution following the negative shock.

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移民汇款和重新分配的需求

关于汇款政治经济学的文献在很大程度上同意，随着家庭从国外移民那里获得收入，他们对政府商品和赞助的依赖程度会降低。基本假设是汇款流入稳定且不断增加。2008 年和 2009 年的全球经济衰退导致汇款流入大幅下降。本文提出了两个不同但相关的问题：(1) 汇款收款人是否支持再分配？(2) 在汇款受到负面冲击后，重新分配的偏好是否会发生变化？使用三波调查数据，我发现汇款接收者与非接收者不同，在汇款突然下降后更倾向于重新分配。我测试了可能的机制，例如对汇款的依赖和相对收入水平，以解释偏好的这种变化。