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resulted in a large increase in remittances to New Member States (NMS) and were comparable in size to FDI or EU funds. This … paper adds to the literature by analyzing the impact of remittances and migration jointly, rather than separately, on the … directly through migration, and labor demand indirectly through remittances increasing capital stock. We develop an incomplete …
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South Asia has experienced a sharp increase in remittances since the mid-1990s. According to recent World Bank research …, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are all among the world's top 20 receivers of remittances, with estimated receipts of … Labor Remittances in South Asia focuses on the regional characteristics that distinguish South Asia from other remittance …
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the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor. …
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neglected - economic and socio-cultural effects of the brain drain. Remittances of African migrants contribute considerably not …
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Migrants' remittances to developing countries have increased in recent decades, partly due to reduced transactions … explanation. Despite the difficulties female migrants encounter in the labor market, their total remittances may be higher and …
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This paper studies how return migration intentions affect immigrants' behavior. Using a unique French data set, we analyze the relationship between return plans and several immigrants' behavior in the host and origin countries addressing the potential endogeneity between return plans and...
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on household consumption patterns, albeit being rather small, actually speak in favour of investment of remittances, with …
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Romanian migration is today one of the biggest, complex, and dynamic migration to Western Europe. This paper is a comprehensive review of the existing literature that aims at providing a full picture of this dynamic migratory process and discusses its far-reaching consequences. It first presents...
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This paper shows that trade and emigration of skilled workers from a poor country is complementary but that between trade and emigration of unskilled workers is a substitute. The asymmetric effect of more openness to trade on the local wages seems to be crucial in driving such results. The...
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remittances. The sample comprises 112 countries with which Spain has closely interconnected migratory, commercial and investment …-2016. The results show that a greater number of immigrants in Spain boost foreign direct investment (FDI), remittances sent and … emigration from Spain with the FDI and remittances sent is confirmed. With the economic downturn, the FDI declines and the number …
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