unilateral transfers as well as under migrant remittances; and v) South-North migration and bloc formation, and South-North and …

remittances on income, poverty, inequality, and human capital (or, in general,welfare) as well as difficulties confronting … remittances implies a need to carefully spell out the rationale for interventions. It also notices the lack of good migration data …

Workers' remittances have become a major source of income for developing countries. However, little is still known … about their impact on poverty and inequality. Using a large cross-country panel dataset, the authors find that remittances … are robust to the use of different instruments that attempt to correct for the potential endogeneity of remittances …

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 …

Econometric analysis has established a negative relationship between labor supply and remittances in Jamaica. The … remittance inflows. In this model, remittances reduce labor force participation by increasing the reservation wages of recipients … negative effects of remittances …

-sectional analysis suggests that remittances have some impact on labor supply, especially on labor market participation. The pseudo panel … data analysis also confirms that remittances have a strong impact on labor participation but not on weekly working hours …

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 …

in determining remittances. Given the potential endogeneity problems, the migration and financial development variables …

The objective of this paper is to present microeconomic evidence on the economic effects of international remittances … on households' spending decisions. Remittances can increase the household budget and reduce liquidity constraint problems …, allowing more consumption and investment. In particular, remittances can afford investing in children's human capital, a key …