Survey study reveals that remittances reshape household economic cultures directly and via social norms in rural families, highlighting how cultural context moderates economic change.
Key Points
To examine how remittance inflows and local cultural norms shape the emergence of new economic orientations among rural migrant households.
Cross-sectional survey of 625 remittance-receiving households in rural Madiun, Indonesia.
Multiple linear regression and moderation models applied to evaluate the direct and interactive effects of economic transfers and cultural factors on household economic culture.
Remittance-based economic resources demonstrated a significant positive influence on shifting household economic orientations.
Cultural factors acted both as independent direct predictors of economic culture and as positive moderators that amplified the impact of remittance income.