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Remittances and household investment decisions : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Hossain, Shahadat Md.; Sunmoni, Adesola - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-50

The impact of remittances on households left behind by migration is ambiguous a priori due to competing income and … substitution effects. We offer new evidence on the effect of remittances on household investment decisions. We enrich our analysis … concerns. We find that remittances increase the likelihood of human, physical, and social capital investment in most of our …

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Determinants of workers’ remittances: evidence from the European Neighbouring Region

Schiopu, Ioana; Siegfried, Nikolaus - 2006

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 …

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Determinants of Workers' Remittances : Evidence from the European Neighbouring Region

Schiopu, Ioana C.; Siegfried, Nikolaus A. - 2021

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317412

The interactive effects of remittances on economic growth and inequality in Western Balkan countries

Bajra, Ujkan Q. - In: Journal of business economics and management 22 (2021) 3, pp. 757-775

Hardly any studies have investigated the impact of migrant remittances on economic growth (EG) and inequality in the … Western Balkans as a whole (WB6). Using the method of instrumental variables (VI), the findings show that while remittances … labor market and encouraging uncontrolled individual relocation. This paper also reveals that although remittances have …

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Diaspora externalities : a view from the South

Rapoport, Hillel - 2018

Migration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets) and for the most part these can be seen as pure externalities. Diasporas are an example of such an externality. This paper reviews the recent economic...

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Diaspora externalities

Rapoport, Hillel - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 10 (2019) 2/5, pp. 1-26

This review article surveys the recent economic literature on diaspora networks, globalization, and development. Diasporas are shown to contribute to the economic and cultural integration of source (i.e., developing) countries into the global economy. I first review the effect of diaspora...

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The impact of foreign financial inflows on the economic growth of sub-Saharan African countries : an empirical approach

Ayenew, Belesity Bekalu - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-12

The impact of foreign financial inflows on the economic growth of recipient countries is a controversial issue in many empirical studies. The majority of the previous studies use one variable as an indicator of foreign financial inflows; they fail to incorporate many variables. The study fills...

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Remittance inflows, institutional quality, and economic growth in Nepal

Panthi, Pradeep; Devkota, Jeevanath - 2023

enhance the productive utilization of remittances and strengthen institutional quality. However, it is important to note that …

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How Does Financial System Efficiency Affect the Growth Impact of FDI in China?

Xu, Ying - 2011

In spite of being the second largest recipient of FDI in the world, China shows limited evidence of considerable FDI benefits on growth (Fan and Hu 2007; Luo 2007; Ran et al. 2007). Motivated by Alfaro et al.'s (2003) model, this study tests whether poor financial market development might be responsible...

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Foreign Direct Investment in the Financial Sector : The Engine of Growth for Central and Eastern Europe?

Eller, Markus; Haiss, Peter R.; Steiner, Katharina - 2011

This paper examines the impact of financial sector foreign direct investment (FSFDI) on economic growth by estimating a panel data model for 11 Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) between 1996 and 2003 in a cross-country growth accounting framework. The analysis concentrates on the...

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