The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of remittances on Latin America`s economic growth thorough 1976 … conclusion is that remittances had a negative and significant effect on the region, although with low magnitude. The countries … most negatively affected by remittances were Mexico, Haiti, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, while Panama, the country that led …

monetary remittances. These tendencies have revived the debate in the academic and policy spheres over their potential social … source country. In the process, we accentuate the central role played by international remittances. Finally, based on the …

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 …

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 …

income poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at the country level, and to compare LAC estimates to …