This study estimates the impact of migrants’ remittances on households’ spending decisions in Ecuador. Applying both … parametric and semiparametric techniques, we find strong evidence that remittances enhance expenditures on education, health, and …

do not have migrants, remittances have no effect on the labor supply by males, suggesting that migration and not …We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from … results are robust to different measures of remittances and migration. When we differentiate between regions by their exposure …

The growth in the number and in the size of remittances and the stability of these monetary transfers have made them a …

I investigated whether migration is interrelated with trade, aid and remittances so that any policies that consider … trade, aid and remittances also affect the decision to migrate. We developed and estimated an empirical model of Turkish … exports with Germany to total exports with Germany and remittances as a ratio of Turkish GDP. The results of this study show …

remittances from Germany are altruistically motivated. In addition, we find that the coefficient on the stock of Turkish migrants …We investigate in this paper whether the stable pattern of remittances over the last three decades can be explained by … remittances from Germany over the period 1962-2005. A single cointegrating relationship is found between the remittances of …

database (KIIbIH) show that a disproportionately large number of middle‑class informal economy workers receive remittances … schemes were made available to them, remittances could potentially be channelled to finance the extension of social insurance …

Based on the OECD data from the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) this paper sheds light on the skills of migrants. In … line with earlier research the data show that migrants from Poland are more likely to have a tertiary degree than peers at … least partly a language issue, as migrants from Poland resemble migrants from other low-income countries in that their …

This paper investigates how sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries could harness remittances through formal channels for … ability of sub-Saharan African countries to harness remittances for development. Besides remitting home for altruistic reasons …, sub-Saharan African migrants would also respond to investment opportunities in their home countries, contingent on a …