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The study relates the economic liberalization of the Mexican economy and the expansion of remittances inflows with … openness and remittances as the conditional variables. The results showed that some regions have experienced a rapid growth of … per capita remittances. However this variable does not presented a statistically significant coefficient. On the other …
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send remittances. It also analyses the consequences of internal migration on the wellbeing of migrants and their family and …
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Although migration and religion have traditionally developed as two separate research topics, in the current context of globalization and trans-nationalism attention begins to focus on the way they interconnect. Religion received little attention in Romanian studies on migration undertaken so...
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Remittance is called the life blood of Bangladesh economy. In Bangladesh it contributes much in reducing poverty. In a study of Institute of Microfinance led by Professor S.R. Osmani, we have seen that 4 % poverty of Bangladesh solely reduced by foreign remittance. Microcredit is another...
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about the impact of international migration and remittances on the economic and human development of migrants’ source … migration and remittances. First, governments should extend absentee voting rights to overseas citizens. In addition …
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We investigate whether remittances sent to Turkey by Turkish workers living in Germany are countercyclical or … implications. We also take up a previously unexplored issue and discuss poverty alleviation potential of remittances at a … macroeconomic level by examining the statistical properties of any co-movements between remittances cycles and cycles in consumption …
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In this paper, we analyse the possible channels through which informality, remittances and migration could interact and … consequently affect growth in Mexico. In order to do so, we develop a simple endogenous growth model that allows for remittances … regarding the effects of the informal sector on economic growth. Moreover, thanks to globalization, migration and remittances …
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remittances. We do not test any hypothesis as such, but instead demonstrate the significance of the source of remittances in … testing hypotheses. When remittances are viewed from an insurance perspective, geography matters. Covariate (community) shocks … amongst members of the same family in insuring shocks. Inter-household remittances are closely linked to social networks, with …
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This paper explores the impact of two shocks, trade liberalisation policies and decline in remittances, on welfare and … experienced a slow down in the inflow of remittances, which reduces the incomes of households and puts pressure on the exchange … effects of decline in remittances, the analysis of the impact of trade liberalisation policies may render biased results. This …
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assessing the impact of remittances on household consumption behaviour. We use 1998 cross-sectional data to find the following … habits. This is in line with the theory of remittances and corresponding mental accounting theory, and, finally, (iv) both … remittances and loans are used for consumption smoothing and investment purposes. …
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