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 …

Sozialkapital wird definiert als geteiltes Wissen, Vertrauen und gemeinsame Kultur, eingebettet in Netzwerkstrukturen … und andere stabile Beziehungen zwischen Agenten. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass Sozialkapital schwieriger aufzubauen ist als … ökonomisches Kapital und dass es größere Auswirkungen auf die Gemeinschaft als Ganzes hat. Die Relevanz des Sozialkapital …

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

This paper studies the effects of remittances from the U.S. on child labor and school attendance in recipient Mexican …

What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration … effects on receipt of remittances than net earnings potential of households in the country of origin. Second, the receipt of … remittances has a positive effect on emigration intentions of household members living in the country of origin. Therefore …