the Philippine 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 …

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 …

United States. Importantly, we find a significantly negative interaction between pre-migration labor supply and source … immigrant women's US work hours is still strong even controlling for the immigrant's own pre-migration labor supply. The …

previous Latin American immigrants falls when controlling for out-migration. This highlights the importance of controlling for … out-migration not only of natives but also of previous immigrants in regional studies of immigration …