benefits as well as costs. Among the former, one of the most important is lower costs for migrants' remittances. Some of the …

By putting together a relatively large data set on bilateral remittances of emigrants, this paper is able to shed light … on the important hypothesis of smoothing. The smoothing hypothesis is that remittances are countercyclical with respect … affirmation of smoothing is important for two reasons. First, it suggests that remittances should be placed on the list of …

Millions of households in developing countries receive financial support from family members working overseas. How do … peso leads to increases in household remittances received from overseas. The estimated elasticity of Philippine …-peso remittances with respect to the Philippine/foreign exchange rate is 0.60. These positive income shocks lead to enhanced human …

in Mexico due to migration. The principal hypothesis of this study is that remittances, knowledge and experience … remittances and socioeconomic conditions of the communities. In a third section the effect over time is estimated, relating per … significant relation between per capita income growth and the percentage of households that receive remittances across communities …