In this paper, I measure the importance of remittances and financial development for developing countries. I estimate … channel for remittances to affect economic growth. The index brings together information from existing measures, reflecting … the more financial development in a country, the smaller becomes the impact of remittances on economic growth and it can …

unresolved issue, namely whether remittances increase or decrease with migrants' level of education. The determinants of … remittances considered include migration levels and rates, migrants' education level, and source countries' income, financial … in the few existing studies on this topic. Our main finding is that remittances decrease with the share of migrants with …

migrants send home. This paper examines whether remittances actually increase with migrants' education level. The determinants … of remittances it considers include migration levels or rates, migrants' education level, and source countries' income … considered in the few studies on this topic. Our main finding is that remittances decrease with the share of migrants with …

In this article we re-examine the relationship between remittances and economic growth placing special attention to the … remittances and economic growth or have used a quadratic term to capture non-linearity. We show that the relationship between … remittances and growth is neither linear nor quadratic and propose the use of a semiparametric model to avoid the risk of …

The growth in the number and in the size of remittances and the stability of these monetary transfers have made them a …

It is time to fundamentally reframe the research agenda on remittances, payments, and development. We describe many of … why these questions dominate, the most important of which is that researchers tend to view remittances as states do (as …

their immediate family members to the host country, and thus, send less money to the source country in remittances. While …. Together, these two results suggest a positive association between education and remittances, which is indeed, what we find in … repaying implicit educational loans) cannot completely explain the positive association between education and remittances. Our …