classical theory but the results support the "New Economics of Migration" approach in the explanation of simultanous return …

interest to policymakers with regard to remittances--how to manage their macroeconomic effects, and how to harness their … remittances on recipient economies. In broad terms, the findings of this paper tend to confirm the main benefit cited in the … microeconomic literature: remittances improve households' welfare by lifting families out of poverty and insuring them against …

access to financial markets and test whether remittances are countercyclical and serve as an insurance mechanism against … secular increase in the trend growth of remittances and random cyclical fluctuations around this trend. In a purely … households facing an increasing trend for remittances. A flexible floating regime is preferred when unanticipated shocks driving …

The Philippines is the fourth largest recipient of remittances in the world with booming information and communications …, remittances interaction with financial development and ICT, trade openness and overseas development assistance (ODA) vis …-à-vis income for the period 1976 to 2010 using ARDL bounds approach. The results show remittances and remittances interaction with …

Beyond Small Change examines the phenomenon of migrant remittances in hopes of contributing to international … understanding of remittances, promoting better policies and practices in this area, and turning migrant workers' hard-won resources …