This paper studies empirically the link between remittances and growth volatility by examining the impact of … remittances on the propagation of real and monetary shocks. This study is conducted by employing dynamic panel generalized method … inflation is used to proxy for real and monetary volatility, respectively. The results show that the impact of remittances on …

remittances for investment purposes. To contribute to the discussion on these issues, we decided to integrate the current … allowed us to better understand the destination of remittances, but results are also useful to refine the interpretation of …

English Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of outgoing remittances from Italy and presents a methodology … for quantifying the share of remittances not sent via official intermediaries (money transfer operators, banks, post … Italy. Our analysis shows a reduction in the share of informal remittances on total outflows: over the ten-year observation …