We examine the labour supply effect of remittances in the Republic of Haiti, the prime international remittances … address three econometric issues that may bias the estimates. We account for endogeneity of the remittances with respect to … remittances. However, contrary to previous findings, the labour market response to remittances of female household heads is not as …

; (ii) providing remittances that fund start-ups in their countries of origin and (iii) returning entrepreneurial skills to …

insurance mechanism against environmental shocks. Remittances help to decrease households' vulnerability to shocks but also …

Migration and the consequent flow of remittances are like a double-edged sword; while keeping many out of poverty, they … Moldova and employing simultaneous equations model we show that there exists a dual causality between receipt of remittances … first to be able to specify the mechanism behind the link between remittances and migration. We find evidence that …

intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple …

remittances to be used more effectively, and concerns about externalities from skilled workers being lost. As a result there is …, developing new savings and remittance products that allow migrants more control over how their money is used, and some efforts to … number of other policies, such as lowering the cost of remittances, reducing passport costs, offering dual citizenship, and …

of family members is negatively associated with children's school attendance. Receiving remittances does not offset this …

This article analyses the distributional impact of remittances across two regions of Algerian emigration (Nedroma and … Idjeur) using an original survey we conducted of 1,200 households in 2011. Remittances and especially the role played by … large as Nedroma. At the same time, they help reduce poverty by nearly 13 percentage points. Remittances have a strong …