migrant remittances. We find that FDI decreases substantially as a result of terrorist activity, whereas portfolio investments … show little change. In contrast, migrant remittances show a significant increase. These differences are also evident in … foreign private capital flees an economy suffering from terrorism whereas migrant remittances are the only financial flows …

Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important mechanism for the transfer of resources from developed to … developing countries, and remittances are the second-largest source, behind foreign direct investment, of external funding for … developing countries. Yet, literature on worker remittances has so far focused mainly on the impact of remittances on income …

Remittances from Germany are substantial. Cross-border transfers to family and friendship networks outside Germany are … and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the senders' perspective, based on data from the German Socio …

In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained … be explained by the underlying transnational network contract. Second, remittances sent by foreigners and naturalized … reunification in the destination country and decreases remittances. Third, the structure of the existing social network in Germany …

Weltweit erreichen Überweisungen von Migranten in ihr Heimatland (Remittances) ein Ausmaß, das die offizielle … bedeutendsten Herkunftsländer. Aus der Sicht der Empfängerländer spielen Remittances häufig eine große gesamtwirtschaftliche Rolle … Höhe der Remittances von persönlichen Merkmalen abhängt - z. B. vom Alter, der Ausbildung, dem Familienstand oder dem …

Workers’ remittances have become the second largest source of net financial flows to developing countries. However, the … main motives for sending remittances remain controversial. This paper examines the importance of altruistic versus … investment motive. Finally, migrants’ skills raise remittances, while a large informal economy in the sending country depresses …

The literature has focused on motives to explain remittance behavior. But as nonanonymous transfers, remittances are …

The paper investigates the effect of remittances on the coverage of financial deficits arising during youth and …, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua to perform a number of econometric tests exploring the linkage between remittances and a battery …, with variations across countries and regression specifications, remittances generally appear to exert a positive and robust …