or personal transfers) by 1139 pairs of migrants and recipients of remittances in Moldova in 2006. Explanatory variables … migrant’s irregular legal status in the host country, and short migration spells. -- Migration ; remittances ; Moldova …

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Donations by migrants to community projects in their home countries (“collective remittances”) help to provide local … public goods and may promote economic development. We draw on the literatures on migrant remittances and on philanthropy in … general to identify possible motives for collective remittances. We test the empirical relevance of these motives using micro …

lending. Financial transfers in the form of worker remittances have received less attention in this context. This paper … provides an analysis on the magnitude of remittances, their volatility, and their relationship to other capital flows. Moreover …, we provide empirical evidence on the determinants of remittances and private capital flows. …

, remittances from migrants can provide additional funds for the education of the left behind. At the same time the absence of …

We analyze how migration prevalence and remittances shape income distribution using novel panel data that is nationally … of international remittances at the national level. We also analyze regional differences in the effects of remittances on … equalizing change in the marginal effects of remittances was the highest. This provides supporting evidence for the migration …

This article presents a new perspective on the impact of migration and remittances on labour market participation and …