between a microeconomic section on the determinants of remittances and a macroeconomic section on their growth effects. At the …-run impact of remittances. We then use an endogenous growth framework to describe the growth potential of remittances and present … the evidence for different growth channels. There is considerable evidence that remittances (in the form of savings …

and long-run growth. Our model can generate transitory informality equilibria or informality-induced poverty traps. Its … path. Hence, we examine the effectiveness of different development policies to exit the poverty trap. Our numerical …

Emigration first increases before decreasing with economic development. This bell-shaped relationship between … emigration and development was first hypothesized by the theory of the mobility transition (Zelinsky, 1971). Although several …

International migration is an important determinant of institutions, not considered so far in the development … emigration (as measured by the natives' average emigration rate) has a positive effect on home-country institutional development … regressions.Keywords: Migration; Institutions; Democracy; Development. …

and long-run growth. Our model can generate transitory informality equilibria or informality-induced poverty traps. Its … path. Hence, we examine the effectiveness of different development policies to exit the poverty trap. Our numerical …

Emigration first increases before decreasing with economic development. This bell-shaped relationship between … emigration and development was first hypothesized by the theory of the mobility transition (Zelinsky, 1971). Although several …