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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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remittances sent to rural households on consumption-type and investment-type expenditures. We apply propensity score matching to … account for the selection of households into receiving remittances, and estimate average treatment effects on the treated. We … find that remittances supplement income in rural China and lead to increased consumption rather than increased investment …
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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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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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the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor. …
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