the volume of remittances to the Latin American region. This paper studies how a generalized amnesty - a provision in the … country of origin, we estimate substantial post-legalization drops in remittances sent home by Mexican-born migrants who … legalized through IRCA. Given the potential positive impact of remittances on investment levels, entrepreneurship rates and the …

Most of the literature on remittances has focused on their implications for the welfare of family members in the … country of origin and has disregarded the possibility for remittances to trigger chain migration. In this paper, we address … recipients of remittances in the world. Our panel data estimates indicate that remittances have a significant positive impact on …

In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving … country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later … attachment to the household would be more inclined to remit money home. Therefore, remittances can be seen as a proxy for the …

This paper investigates the impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Nigeria. In contrast to the existing … impact of remittances for households at different levels of the conditional expenditure distribution. Furthermore, in tracing … this heterogeneous impact, we are able to address the effect of remittances on poverty and inequality simultaneously in a …

114 countries during 2009-2011, we find that both having family members abroad and receiving remittances are positively … remittances are particularly beneficial for evaluative well-being in less developed and more unequal contexts; in richer countries …, only the out-migration of family members is positively associated with life evaluations, while remittances have no …