potential growth phase may well disappear if supporting conditions for growth are absent. Large-scale migration is not expected … to be a sustainable solution to unbalanced global economic developments. Remittances, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and …. Remittances offer no structural solution to reduction of poverty as these funds flow to a selective group of families and are …

What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration …, receipt of remittances may contribute to new flows of migration, in particular in the case of Morocco. … effects on receipt of remittances than net earnings potential of households in the country of origin. Second, the receipt of …

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 …

-country savings does not affect remittances sent home by migrants …

remittances by workers deployed overseas. The main benefit of the phenomenon is an easing of the fiscal burden arising from the …

the world continents. The migrants’ remittances have contributed greatly to GNP and foreign exchange earnings averaging 6 …

population education; better-educated migrants; and increased migration in high-skilled jobs. Four-fifths of long-run income … origin areas. Increased income from international labor migration not only benefits migrants themselves, but also fosters …

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 …

This study estimates determinants of remittances to the Philippines. Remittance growth responds to real growth in the … employment policies. While most studies conclude that remittances are exclusively either driven by altruistic or self …-interested motives, the evidence in this study supports remittances driven by both. The dual nature of remittances means that remittances …