regions of Algeria. A semi-parametric descriptive analysis is comple- mented with a parametric model. Remittances do not …

In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the … vulnerability of non-poor households are significantly dropped due to remittances. Our findings also suggest that remittance inflows …

This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in … that migrants’ remittances can improve living standards among Moroccan households and affect negatively the incidence of … poverty. The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hose remittances on recipient households …

The objective of the paper is to analyze the respective impact of aid and remittances on human development as measured … health aid and remittances contribute to reduce child health disparities between countries, the paper addresses two other … impact of aid and remittances on intra-country child health disparities? Our results suggest that both remittances and health …

in the absence of migration and remittances. With proper hypotheses on migrants and a selection model, we are able to … impute a counterfactual income for households currently receiving remittances. We show that remittances reduce poverty rates … by 5% to 11% and the Gini coefficient by about 5%. Households in the bottom quintiles are more dependent on remittances …

, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) is used to analyse the effects of remittances on the distribution of household incomes. The … calculation of the impact of migration on the distribution of household income. Remittances, and especially foreign pensions … Nedroma. At the same time, they help reduce poverty by nearly 13 percentage points. Remittances have a strong positive impact …

This article analyses the respective impact of aid, remittances and medical brain drain (MBD) on child mortality using … remittances reduce child mortality while MBD increases it. Health aid also significantly reduces child mortality but its impact is … less robust than the impact of remittances. Remittances seem to be more effective in reducing mortality for children …

This paper looks at the determinants of international remittances in the context of South-South migration. We use a … variables (perception of relative wealth, attachment to the country of origin) on remittances. The results show that having left … country of origin and the perception of a better economic situation in the host country positively influence remittances. …