The paper looks at the impact of workers' remittances on the competitiveness of the receiving economy. It extends … existing research that concentrated on the exchange rate effects of remittances, the so-called Dutch disease effect, by adding … labour market effects. The results show that the labour market effects of emigration and remittances have a significant …

investigates how remittances via trans-national networks affect human capital investments through relaxing resource constraints and … facilitate households in consumption smoothing by reducing vulnerability to economic shocks. Our results show that remittances … that aggregate shocks are associated with increased work activities, while remittances are used to finance education when …

determinants of remittances, impact of remittances on household allocation decisions, and their impact on poverty. Only recently …The literature on remittances has in the past concentrated on the microeconomic aspects of the remittance process: the … has there been more attention on the macroeconomic impact of remittances. It is to be expected that, when remittance …

The paper explores the impact of migrant remittances on local economic development in a locality where more than half … previous research, the study found that remittances boost the consumption of receiving households and have a limited but … traditional agricultural activities. This study highlights that remittances are responsible for the creation of a significant …