In this paper we build a theoretical model on the wage effect of skilled emigration to the fluctuations in real … exchange rate through the relative prices of nontradables. Our theoretical model predicts that skilled emigration is associated … support to a higher skilled emigration associated with higher prices in nontradables and appreciation of the real effective …

interest to policymakers with regard to remittances--how to manage their macroeconomic effects, and how to harness their … remittances on recipient economies. In broad terms, the findings of this paper tend to confirm the main benefit cited in the … microeconomic literature: remittances improve households' welfare by lifting families out of poverty and insuring them against …

The paper investigates the determinants and the macroeconomic role of remittances in sub-Saharan Africa, assembling the … most comprehensive dataset available so far on remittances in the region and incorporating data on the diaspora. It finds … that remittances are larger for countries with a larger diaspora or when the diaspora is located in wealthier countries …

estimates a gravity model for workers' remittances. We find that most of the variation in bilateral remittance flows can be … commonly believed. Most strikingly, remittances do not seem to increase in the wake of a natural disaster and appear aligned … with the business cycle in the home country, suggesting that remittances may not play a major role in limiting …

The 9-11 attack on the US brought a set of changes in overseas migration from Pakistan. One such change is the sharp … increase in remittances sent from the United States. The paper argues that the characteristics of remittances from the United … nature and characteristics of remittances are heterogeneous, depending on where they come from and who sends them. While the …

remittances on the conduct of fiscal and monetary policy and trace their effects on real and nominal variables in a business cycle … setting. We show that remittances raise disposable income and consumption, and insure against income shocks, thereby raising … household welfare. However, remittances increase the correlation between labor and output, thereby producing a more volatile …

This Selected Issues paper on Samoa reports that remittances are the main source of foreign exchange to the Samoan … economy. In addition to remittances, travel credits also play an important role in the economy. Official transfers are also … significant, and should remain an important source of balance-of-payments support over the medium term. Remittances are relatively …