Although measured remittances by migrant workers have soared in recent years, macroeconomic studies have difficulty …. First, it offers evidence that a large majority of the recent rise in measured remittances may be illusory-arising from … the greatest driver of rising remittances is rising migration, which has an opportunity cost to economic product at the …

Although measured remittances by migrant workers have soared in recent years, macroeconomic studies have difficulty …. First, it offers evidence that a large majority of the recent rise in measured remittances may be illusory -- arising from … the greatest driver of rising remittances is rising migration, which has an opportunity cost to economic product at the …

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 …

The significance of the flow of workers’ remittances in the economies of developing countries during the last few … borders. The macroeconomic impacts of remittances flows on developing economies are not well understood. The paper is an … attempt to understand the impact of inward remittances flows on per capita GDP growth in Bangladesh during 1974-2006. This …