international institutions. In this paper, we examine the effect of remittances on poverty and inequality by using an original …For several decades the fight against poverty has become a major policy concern for national governments and … earnings under the assumptions of absence of migration and remittances before comparing it to the household income when the …

In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the … vulnerability of non-poor households are significantly dropped due to remittances. Our findings also suggest that remittance inflows …

Remittances are an important source of external financing for a country like Morocco. We show in this paper the … properties of these financial flows. Indeed, we show that remittances are more stable than foreign direct investment. They are …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of remittances on child labor and demand of education using survey … and significant effect of remittances on the investments in education. Furthermore, the number of children living in … of group of control (non migrant households). Moreover, our results show the positive effect of remittances on the …

financial flows (i.e. remittances and FDI) in the case of Morocco. Secondly, it tries to address the possible effects of these … financial flows on the economic growth. We provide evidence that remittances are less volatile than FDI in terms of duration of … persistence, intensity of shock and the “volatility clustering”. Furthermore, remittances can smooth the volatility of growth …

In this paper, we analyze the relationship between remittances and educational attainment in Morocco. We investigate …-Massa-Draa region. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates to control for endogeneity of remittances, we find a positive … effect of remittances on the investments in education, especially for boys. Furthermore, the results show that family and …

In developing countries, remittances and intra-family private transfers sent by household members who migrate to more … information, we show that low-skilled workers are expected to provide higher amounts of remittances when remittances are motivated … remittances may be seen as an implicit insurance, whose benefits are received only under migration return. …