In Simple Words
Think of tracking a package delivery by giving both the sender and the receiver matching logbooks. By asking the sender what they shipped and asking the receiver what arrived and how it was spent, researchers can compare both sides of the transaction without relying on one person's memory.
Research question
Evaluating cross-border financial flows solely from the perspective of either the overseas worker or the home country beneficiary yields an incomplete picture of financial behavior and intra-household decision-making. Linking primary data collection across both sides of the migration corridor is required to measure simultaneous transfer and expenditure choices.
Participants
4,458 migrant respondents in the UAE and 2,075 target household respondents in the Philippines, yielding 1,377 verified paired migrant-household dyads.
Study Design
Dual-side longitudinal surveying pairing 30-week mobile app tracking of migrants with endline phone surveys of primary household financial managers.
Results
Successfully completed endline interviews with 1,987 migrants and 2,075 target household financial managers, establishing 1,377 fully paired dyads to analyze expenditure shifts against recorded remittances.
Takeaway
Establish linked survey protocols for both financial senders and primary household spending managers to measure bilateral transaction dynamics.
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Plain-English glossary
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- Longitudinal study
A study that checks the same group of people at different times. This lets researchers examine how things change over time.
ExampleResearchers ask the same workers about their wellbeing at the start, after three months and after six months.
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