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unpredictability and migrants' remittances on fiscal consolidation in these countries. Two definitions of fiscal adjustment are …-income countries, remittances increase the likelihood of fiscal consolidation, be the latter gradual or rapid. Surprisingly, we observe …
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This paper measures the effects of food price shocks on both the level of household consumption per capita and the instability of the household consumption per capita growth rate in developing countries. In this vein, the paper explores the role of aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of...
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By reducing financial constraints and income variability, remittances can increase educational attainment and thereby … remittances on child labor and educational outcomes in Niger. More specifically, we investigate how recipient households in Niger … identification of two separate events that are often driven by similar factors. In order to delineate the effect of remittances from …
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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 …
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identified along two additional lines : remittances and migration history. Results show that individual occupational choice in …
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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 …
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identified along two additional lines : remittances and migration history. Results show that individual occupational choice in …
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This case study outlines the nature and scope of the contribution of the Palestinian diaspora to the economy of the Palestinian territories with a specific attention given to the Palestinian diaspora in the United Kingdom. Research gaps and suggestions for further research are discussed.
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This paper examines the macroeconomic determinants of migrants' remittances dynamics. The study uses panel VAR methods … are an important factor explaining remittances dynamics, while home economic conditions do not have a significant … influence on remittances. …
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This article analyses the distributional impact of remittances across two regions of Algerian emigration (Nedroma and … Idjeur) using an original survey we conducted of 1,200 households in 2011. Remittances and especially the role played by … large as Nedroma. At the same time, they help reduce poverty by nearly 13 percentage points. Remittances have a strong …
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