This paper examines the economic impact of international remittances on countries and households in the developing … world. To analyze the country-level impact of remittances, the paper estimates an econometric model based on a new data set … United States, OECD-Europe) are more likely to receive international remittances, and that while the level of poverty in a …

This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using … following: (1) regardless of the counterfactual used remittances appear to lower poverty levels in most recipient countries; (2 … heterogeneity in the poverty reduction impact of remittances' flows. Among the aspects that have been identified in the paper that …

Macro- and micro-economic evidence suggests a positive role of remittances in preparing households against natural … disasters and in coping with the loss afterwards. Analysis of cross-country macroeconomic data shows that remittances increase … after the 1998 flood. Ethiopian households that receive international remittances seem to rely more on cash reserves and …

framework how the receipt of internal remittances (from within Ghana) and international remittances (from African or other … food, education and housing. Contrary to other studies, which find that remittances are spent disproportionately on … receiving remittances in Ghana do not spend more at the margin on food, education and housing than households with similar …

What causes developing countries to receive different levels of international remittances? This paper addresses this … examine the determinants of remittances. The paper finds that the skill composition of migrants does matter in remittance … determination. Countries which export a larger share of high-skilled (educated) migrants receive less per capita remittances than …

, their link to relatives back home, and the time spent at the destination affect remittances. The paper finds that migrants … act as risk-averse economic agents and send remittances back to the household of origin as part of an insurance exercise … in the face of economic uncertainty. Remittances are also found to be driven by a migrant's labor market earnings level …

and remittances play an important role in transforming the structure of rural household income. This paper examines the … household survey. Since remittances are a potential substitute for farm income, the paper presents counterfactual scenarios of … remittances. …

This paper uses a new, 2005/06 nationally-representative household survey to analyze the impact of internal remittances … (from Ghana) and international remittances (from African and other countries) on poverty and inequality in Ghana. To control … variations in migration networks and remittances among various ethno-religious groups in Ghana. The paper finds that both …