We investigate the impact of remittances on public debt sustainability and detail how the traditional debt-to-GDP ratio … remittance inflows. The main result is that inclusion of remittances into the traditional debt sustainability analysis alters the …

This paper addresses the complex and overlooked relationship between the receipt of workers' remittances and …, even after controlling for potential reverse causality. We find that a higher ratio of remittances to GDP is associated …

Empirical studies that use self-reported data on remittances to measure the latter's impact on microeconomic incentives …-reporting of remittances. After controlling for this, we find a strong negative impact of remittances on incentives to work. …

remittances as well as investment and hours worked by the relative(s). We use data from Armenia to test our predictions regarding … implications of remittances flows on behavior of receiving households. Consistent with our predictions, remittance … benefits of remittances might be overstated and emphasizes the importance of measuring their impact in a general- rather than a …

This paper identifies a remittances channel that transmits exogenous shocks, such as business cycles in remittance … Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, three types of results emerge. First, remittances appear to be strongly … procyclical vis-à-vis sending country income. Second, remittances tend to be spent on consumption of both imported and …

We investigate the impact of remittances on public debt sustainability and detail how the traditional debt-to-GDP ratio … remittance inflows. The main result is that inclusion of remittances into the traditional debt sustainability analysis alters the …

Empirical studies that use self-reported data on remittances to measure the latter's impact on microeconomic incentives …-reporting of remittances. After controlling for this, we find a strong negative impact of remittances on incentives to work …