Remittances have risen spectacularly in absolute terms and in relation to traditional sources of foreign exchange, such … as export revenues. Remittances can improve the well-being of family members left behind and boost growth rates of …

behind. We also find that the monetary inflows (remittances) that accompany migration do not increase happiness levels among … sustains on account of the emigration of loved ones, with remittances from abroad. …

In this paper, we focus on the use of remittances to school children remaining in migrant communities in Haiti. After … addressing the endogeneity of remittance receipt, we find that remittances raise school attendance for all children in some … remittances by the household lifts budget constraints and raises the children's likelihood of being schooled, the disruptive …

international remittances raise health care expenditures. Approximately 6 pesos of every 100 peso increment in remittance income are … spent on health. The sensitivity of health care expenditures to variations in the level of international remittances is … analyze the impact of remittances by health care coverage. As expected, we find that households with some kind of health care …

countries particularly susceptible to economic hardship. We examine the role of remittances in either alleviating or increasing … causality and endogeneity and find that while income smoothing does not appear to be the main motive for sending remittances in … a non-negligible share of households, remittances do indeed smooth household income on average. Other variables …

countries particularly susceptible to economic hardship. We examine the role of remittances in either alleviating or increasing … causality and endogeneity and find that while income smoothing does not appear to be the main motive for sending remittances in … a non-negligible share of households, remittances do indeed smooth household income on average. Other variables …

Remittances have risen spectacularly in absolute terms and in relation to traditional sources of foreign exchange, such … as export revenues. Remittances can improve the well-being of family members left behind and boost growth rates of …

Using a recent Spanish database, we show that remittances respond to cross country differences in portfolio values … over time with the length of the migration spell, suggesting that remittances sent for portfolio motives become more likely …

In this paper we examine how remittances relate to the exchange rate, natural disasters and foreign aid in developing … find that while foreign aid tends to appreciate the real exchange rate, remittances do not have the same impact. We also … of disaster shocks on the real exchange rate and on the level of remittances across the two samples. …