This paper focuses on the role of remittances on financial expectations in Albania using longitudinal data covering the … period 2002-2004. To study the dynamics of income satisfaction at the household level, we use subjective data on past …

This paper investigates the reliability of self-assessed measures of health using panel data collected in Albania by …

unpredictability and migrants' remittances on fiscal consolidation in these countries. Two definitions of fiscal adjustment are … considered and a conditional logit model is used to perform the analysis. Evidence is shown that except for the case of low-income … countries, remittances increase the likelihood of fiscal consolidation, be the latter gradual or rapid. Surprisingly, we observe …

By reducing financial constraints and income variability, remittances can increase educational attainment and thereby …, while one of the main advantages of remittances is to diversify income sources and protect families in downturns, the use of … remittances on child labor and educational outcomes in Niger. More specifically, we investigate how recipient households in Niger …

This paper focuses on the relationships between remittances and the share of individuals working for less than 2$ US … per day. It is based on an original panel dataset containing information related to remittances in about 80 developing … of remittance inflows the results suggest that remittances lead to a decrease in the prevalence of working poor in …

identified along two additional lines : remittances and migration history. Results show that individual occupational choice in …

transmission channels through which remittances affect households and sectors. I give a particular attention to the investment of … remittances in the real estate sector, by allowing a segmentation of the savings market. To begin with, I assess the negative … impact of immigration restrictive policies and permanent migration on the future evolution of remittances. Then I ask what …

identified along two additional lines : remittances and migration history. Results show that individual occupational choice in …