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 …

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 …

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

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