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How do migration and remittances affect inequality? : a case study of Mexico
Koczan, Zsoka; Loyola, Franz C. - 2018
The poverty-reducing effects of remittances have been well-documented, however, their effects on inequality are less … clear. This paper examines the impact of remittances on inequality in Mexico using household-level information on the … receiving side. It hopes to speak to their insurance role by examining how remittances are affected by domestic and external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011866480
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The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa : What's the Damage?
Chami, Ralph - 2010
Using data on the distribution of migrants from Africa, GDP growth forecasts for host countries, and after estimating remittance multipliers in recipient countries, this paper estimates the impact of the global economic crisis on African GDP via the remittance channel during 2009-2010. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404337
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Garbage in, Gospel Out? : Controlling for the Underreporting of Remittances
Melkonyan, Tigran A. - 2008
Empirical studies that use self-reported data on remittances to measure the latter''s impact on microeconomic …-reporting of remittances. After controlling for this, we find a strong negative impact of remittances on incentives to work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401817
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Managing reductions in aid inflows : assessing policy choices in Haiti
Moldovan, Ioana R.; Rousset, Marina; Walker, William … - 2018
A low-income country such as Haiti that confronts an environment of diminishing aid inflows must assess tradeoffs among the available policy options: spending cuts, monetization, sales of debt, or use of foreign reserves. To provide the analytical tools for this task, the paper draws from a set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932211
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Power it up : strengthening the electricity sector to improve efficiency and support economic activity
Di Bella, Gabriel; Grigoli, Francesco - 2016
Poor performance of the electricity sector remains a drag to economic efficiency and a bottleneck to economic activity in many low-income countries. This paper proposes a number of models that account for different equilibria (some better, some worse) of the electricity sector. They show how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705680
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Growth in the Dominican Republic and Haiti : Why Has the Grass Been Greeneronone Side of Hispaniola
Jaramillo, Laura - 2007
The Dominican Republic and Haiti share the island of Hispaniola and are broadly similar in terms of geography and historical institutions, yet their growth performance has diverged remarkably. The countries had the same per capita real GDP in 1960 but, by 2005, the Dominican Republic''s per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400347
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Financial globalization and inequality : capital flows as a two-edged sword
Eichengreen, Barry; Csonto, Balazs; ElGanainy, Asmaa Adel; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487207
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Imported food price shocks and socio-political instability : do fiscal policy and remittances matter?
Meyimdjui, Carine - 2020
-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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392596
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Impact of remittances on natural rate of dollarization : trends in Caucasus and Central Asia
Gondo, Rocio; Aidarova, Altynai; Kumar, Manmohan S. - 2020
This paper discusses migration and remittances trends, and calculates the natural (or benchmark) level of dollarization … remittances due to the economic slowdown since the spread of COVID-19 affects the macroeconomic fundamentals that determine demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012302051
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The impact of international migration on inclusive growth : a review
Koczan, Zsoka; Peri, Giovanni; Pinat, Magali; Rozhkov, … - 2021
capital, but it also creates a flow of remittances and increases international connections in the form of trade, FDI, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518988