While measured remittances by migrant workers have soared in recent years, macroeconomic studies have difficulty … offer evidence that a large majority of the recent rise in measured remittances may be illusory — arising from changes in … remittances is rising migration, which has an opportunity cost to economic product at the origin. Net of that cost, there is …

-run effects of remittances, aid and financial deepening on growth in Guyana using annual data for the period 1982-2010. The … results show that remittances have a positive and significant effect both in the short and the long run. Aid has a negative … capital stock, aid and financial deepening cause remittances inflow in Guyana …

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 …

Remittances have long been an important source of revenue for many people in the Republic of Niger. In order to fight … remittances on economic growth in Niger and the significance of its contribution in improving the living condition of migrants … remittances in the city of Tahoua (Republic of Niger). The study also performed some tests on the residuals for the accuracy of …

In Bangladesh, remittances have increased sharply over the last 20 years and amount since 2008 to over 10 percent of … GDP. While remittances can foster growth and development as well as prevent balance of payment crises, they can also have …, which would affect economic growth negatively. In this paper an attempt is made to analyze the impact of remittances on …

We study the relationship between remittances and development from an empirical point of view. We also identify the … CONAPO. The data base contains Human Development Index, migratory intensity and remittances for the 2443 Mexican … municipalities. The evidence suggests that remittances have a positive effect on development. However, the relationship is not linear …

The present study re-examines the effects of remittances on growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 …. However, our analysis also shows that the volatility of capital inflows such as remittances and FDI is harmful to economic … growth. This means that, while remittances contribute to better economic performance, they are also a source of output shocks …

capital, but it also creates a flow of remittances and increases international connections in the form of trade, FDI, and …

The literature has mainly focused on analyzing the relationship of remittances with economic growth and social welfare …, neglecting more complex aspects where remittances can have relevant implications. To contribute to the literature, the objective … of this research is to examine the dynamic relationship between remittances, capital formation, structural transformation …