The growth in the number and in the size of remittances and the stability of these monetary transfers have made them a …

The literature on remittances is large and growing. However, its focus has mainly been on the effects of remittance …

After independence, the GCC countries relied heavily on foreign workers from fellow Arab countries. Thus, remittances … remittances. This paper examines the consequences of the shift in the source of labor by econometrically testing the existence of … structural breaks in the flow of remittances in the MENA region. The change in the direction of remittance flows deprived several …

staggering amount of remittances outflow of the GCC economies plays a stabilizing role as a tacit monetary policy tool …. Incorporating remittances in the money demand equation results in a more robust model than otherwise. We further find that the …

While remittances from the GCC countries to Asia slowed down during the crisis, there is no evidence of large decreases …. On the other hand, remittances to several MENA countries decreased during 2009, but the evidence for 2010 suggests a …

The growth in the number and in the size of remittances and the stability of these monetary transfers have made them a …

In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving … country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later … attachment to the household would be more inclined to remit money home. Therefore, remittances can be seen as a proxy for the …