This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 … Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if … remittances have increased human capital among the low-income nations, among the upper-middle-income nations, they have mostly …

The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries … industrialisation. The non-interactive specification elucidates direct effects of remittances on industrialisation whereas interactive … specifications explain indirect impacts. The findings broadly show that for certain initial levels of industrialisation, remittances …

flows, namely: development assistance, foreign investment and remittances. Ordinary Least Squares, Tobit, Fixed effects … threshold and (iii) 25 (% of GDP) is the critical mass of remittances. At the established critical masses or thresholds …

The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation us ing a panel of 49 African … industrialisation. The non-interactive specification elucidates direct effects of remittances on industrialisation whereas interactive … specifications explain indirect impacts. The findings broadly show that for certain initial levels of industrialisation, remittances …

This study examines the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on remittances for industrialisation in … are positive marginal effects from the interaction between remittances and ICT in the FE regressions whereas there are … negative marginal impacts from the interaction between remittances and ICT; (ii) Interactions between remittances and mobile …

findings from both estimation techniques reveal that remittances and FDI increase inclusive development whereas foreign aid has …, remittances are negatively associated with: (i) Middle income countries compared to Low income countries where the effect is not …

Purpose - This study examines how linkages between information and communication technology (ICT) and remittances … remittances can be changed from positive to negative, notably: (i) for the number of start-up procedures, an internet level of 9 … our knowledge, this is the first study to assess linkages between ICT, remittances and doing business in Sub …

This study examines the impact of remittances and information and communication technology (ICT) on pension at the … remittances, ICT and pension income coverage. First, we find a convex relation between remittances and pension income coverage … certain point, so too does pension income coverage. This inflection point, where the effect of remittances turns from negative …

In this study, we examine the mediating roles of institutions in the remittances growth relationship for some reasons … revealed that remittances inflow positively influence growth, but when institutional factors interact with the remittances … results revealed that remittances inflow was negatively related with growth, but when interacted with institutional measures …

This research assesses the relevance of enhancing remittances on value added across economic sectors in sub … to the agricultural sector are apparent. Second, enhancing remittances engenders a positive net effect on added value to … unfavourable net incidence of remittances to the service sector is associated with a positive marginal or conditional effect, the …