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 …

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 …

Purpose: The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the importance of remittances in the economic development … between remittances and GDP per capita growth in the Western Balkan countries for the time period 2000 - 2018. Findings …: Results based in OLS model findings reveal a positive relationship between remittances and GDP per capita growth. Also the …

The literature on remittances is large and growing. However, its focus has mainly been on the effects of remittance …

part of the labour force from the emigration countries led to a significant flow of remittances. Being viewed as the main … gain of the loss of labour force, remittances are important at macroeconomic level to the extent in which they bring in the … of a country according to the way in which remittances received are used by emigrants. This study analyses the impact …