This article studies the response of Mexico’s monetary policy to inflows of workers’ remittances. Previous studies have … shown that remittances can have an impact on several macroeconomic variables of the receiving country (e.g. exchange rate …, inflation and output, among others). Mexico has the largest inflow of remittances in Latin America and the second largest inflow …

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 …

Remittances to Asia plunged during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, but the drop was temporary as the flows were … whether the remittances slowdown will also last for a short time or developing Asia should prepare for a long period of … remittance stagnation. This study examines remittances data of several Asian countries to shed light on such questions. The …

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 …

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. …

In this article we re-examine the relationship between remittances and economic growth placing special attention on the … nonlinearity of this relationship. Previous studies have ignored the non-linearity of the relationship between remittances and … economic growth or have used a quadratic term to capture nonlinearity. We show that the relationship between remittances and …

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 …

Remittances to Asia plunged during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, but the drop was temporary as the flows were … send remittances have been adversely affected. The global nature of this crisis raises several questions such as whether it … examines remittances data to several Asian countries to shed light on such issues. The results suggest that while remittance …