flows - such as Jamaica or El Salvador - are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The …This paper evaluates the global welfare impact of observed levels of migration using a quantitative multi-sector model … differences, international trade, remittances, and a heterogeneous workforce. We compare welfare under the observed levels of …

large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross …Two of the most salient trends surrounding the issue of migration and development over the past two decades are the …-country regressions has claimed that more educated migrants remit less, leading to concerns that further increases in skilled migration …

This paper provides a review of the literature on the development impact of migration and remittances on origin … development implications for both sending and receiving countries. For a sending country, migration and the resulting remittances … countries and on destination countries in the South. International migration is an ever-growing phenomenon that has important …

Remittances are a sizeable source of external financing for developing countries. In the L Aquila 2009 G8 Summit …, leaders pledged to reduce the cost of remittances by half in 5 years (from 10 to 5 percent). Yet, empirically, little is known … about what drives the cost of remittances. Using newly gathered data across 119 country corridors, this paper explores the …