This paper examines the relationship between migrants remittances and the prevalence of child labor by using a large … sample of developing countries. In particular, we investigate whether the inflow of remittances helps to offset the effects … (of which 31 are African) observed in the year 2000 and after taking into account the endogeneity of remittances …

This paper examines the relationship between migrants remittances and the prevalence of child labor by using a large … sample of developing countries. In particular, we investigate whether the inflow of remittances helps to offset the effects … (of which 31 are African) observed in the year 2000 and after taking into account the endogeneity of remittances …

remittances received from migrants living in the US and from migrants living in Spain. Drawing on quantile decomposition, we show …

remittances received from migrants living in the US and from migrants living in Spain. Drawing on quantile decomposition, we show …

States. This phenomenon has been accompanied by an increase in remittances; by 2002, remittances accounted on average for … history of the recipient village affects the impact that reductions in remittances have on rural poverty levels. The … hypothesis is that for a given decrease in remittances the increase in poverty is bigger in villages with a higher migration …

This paper examines the volatility of remittance flows to Pakistan using the ARCH model. We find overall remittances to … output of the host economies and the migrants' profile. Remittances from Europe are the least volatile and do not vary as a … result of shocks to the host or home economy. Remittances to Pakistan, especially those from Europe, can thus be used as a …

's inflation have positive and statistically significant effects on remittances, and Russia's unemployment has negative and …

the applied literature on remittances. Different motivations for tranfers seem to coexist: altruistic feelings certainly … play an important role but at the same time remittances might be part of an implicit contract between the migrant and the …

This study analyses the determinants of both the decision to remit money and the total remittances by Nigerian migrants … determinants of remittances from both the sending and receiving end. A recent and richer remittances survey data for Nigeria by the … the probability of remitting and the amount of remittances sent by the migrant to the household. These findings vary …

remittances have led to appreciation of its real exchange rate, stimulation of imports, decrease of competitiveness of the …