Remittances, Foreign Aid and Private Consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) : A System GMM Estimation

The question of whether remittances and foreign aid at the macro level impact private consumption in SSA has been explored in this study. Twenty-nine (29) SSA countries were sampled for the study from 2002 to 2017. The System Generalized Method of Moment (SGMM) estimator was applied in the study to account for the dynamics in the model. Empirical evidence showed that foreign aid and remittances exerted positive but insignificant impact on private consumption

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Year of publication:	2020
Authors:	Adelowokan, O.
Other Persons:	Adesoye, A.B. (contributor) ; Akpa, Emeka (contributor) ; Maku, O. (contributor)
Publisher:	[2020]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Entwicklungshilfe \| Development aid \| Subsahara-Afrika \| Sub-Saharan Africa \| Privater Konsum \| Private consumption \| Rücküberweisungen \| Remittances \| Momentenmethode \| Method of moments \| Zentralafrika \| Central Africa \| Schätzung \| Estimation

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (18 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Adelowokan, O., Adesoye, B., Akpa, E., & Maku, O. Remittances, Foreign Aid and Private Consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A System GMM Estimation. KIU Journal Of Social Sciences, 5(4), 67-76, 2020 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments January 27, 2020 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.3526808 [DOI]
Classification:	F24 - Remittances ; F35 - Foreign Aid ; E21 - Consumption; Saving ; C23 - Models with Panel Data
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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