remittances. Specifically, using data over 2010-2015 for 72 developing countries, we study the impact of (i) large remittances and … (ii) the geographic concentration of the source of remittances on economic volatilities. Results suggest that while (i …) large remittances can be stabilizing on average, (ii) high remittance concentration from source countries can aggravate …

This paper investigates the channels through which remittances affect macroeconomic volatility in African countries … that remittances - as a share of GDP - have a significant smoothing impact on output volatility but their impact on … consumption volatility is somewhat small. Furthermore, remittances are found to absorb a substantial amount of GDP shocks in these …

-political instability once fiscal policy and remittances have been accounted for. It focuses on import prices to reflect the vulnerability … and income per capita. On the other hand, while remittances seem to dampen the adverse effect of import food price shocks …

We present cross-country evidence on the impact of remittances on labor market outcomes.Remittances appear to have a … in size than those offoreign direct investment or offcial development aid. On the supply side, remittances reducelabor … significantly different sensitivities to remittances. On the demandside, remittances reduce overall unemployment but benefit mostly …

undermine the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), official development assistance (ODA) and migrants’ remittances on … economic expansion. Based on neoclassical growth framework, the theoretical model indicates that FDI, ODA, and remittances …

natural disaster shocks in general tend not to be statistically significant, international assistance to low income countries … increases following geological disaster shocks. Furthermore, the results show that typically, other private capital flows (bank …

This paper finds a negative relationship between the employment share of the service sector and the volatility of … aggregate output in the OECD — after controlling for the level of financial development. This result reflects volatility … sector. I examine the quantitative role of these labor shifts — termed structural transformation — on the volatility of …