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remittances to CAPDR and Mexico during the pre-pandemic period. However, they fail to predict the sustained growth in remittances … since June 2020, including the significant increase in the average amount remitted. Using data from over 300 remittances … modes of transmission of remittances, additional U.S. fiscal stimulus and U.S. labor market developments, especially in the …
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a possible widening of gender and inter-generational inequality and provide important inputs for the formulation of …
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to two-thirds exhibiting larger declines in women’s than men’s employment rates. These gender differences in COVID-19’s … related to COVID-19’s impacts on gender shares in employment within sectors …
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countries. Our results have important policy implications. Although remittances remained resilient during the pandemic, they …
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This paper explores the role of foreign aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of the effects of food price shocks. Using a large sample of developing countries and mobilising dynamic panel data specifications, the econometric results yield two important findings. First, remittance and aid...
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Family remittances are important for El Salvador's economy. This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on El … formulated, consisting of real and monetary variables. The results suggest that in, El Salvador, remittances lead to decreases in …. This underscores the need for reorienting economic policy in El Salvador to promote the use of remittances in capital …
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-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 …
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remittances to LAC, as well as their costs and benefits. For the home country, the negative impact from emigration on labor … resources and productivity seems to outweigh growth gains from remittances, notably for the Caribbean. However, given emigration …
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how changes in aggregate demand due to additional income from household's remittances propagates through the network of … linkages on sectoral and total output following an increase in remittances inflows. Our empirical results suggest that the … effects of remittances on recipient economies increase with the degree of linkages across sectors, which is especially …
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In contrast to expectations, remittances to Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) surprised positively during 2020 … and 2021. This study revisits the key macro indicators driving remittances, looks at the heterogeneous impacts of the …
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