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We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The …
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I investigated whether migration is interrelated with trade, aid and remittances so that any policies that consider … trade, aid and remittances also affect the decision to migrate. We developed and estimated an empirical model of Turkish … exports with Germany to total exports with Germany and remittances as a ratio of Turkish GDP. The results of this study show …
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the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor. …We examine agricultural child labor in the context of emigration, transfers, and the ability to hire outside labor. We …
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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 …
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We investigate in this paper whether the stable pattern of remittances over the last three decades can be explained by … remittances from Germany over the period 1962-2005. A single cointegrating relationship is found between the remittances of … Turkish workers in Germany and the real Turkish GDP per capita, the real German GDP per capita, the stock of Turkish migrants …
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Using a recent Spanish database, we show that remittances respond to cross country differences in portfolio values … over time with the length of the migration spell, suggesting that remittances sent for portfolio motives become more likely …. -- remittances ; portfolio motives ; Spain …
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This paper utilises survey data of return migrants to analyse the determinants of remittances sent while the migrants …. -- remittances ; return migration ; Maghreb countries …
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; Remittances ; German Socio Economic Panel …
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This paper utilises survey data of return migrants to analyse the determinants of remittances sent while the migrants …. -- remittances ; return migration ; Maghreb countries …
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This paper investigates the macroeconomic determinants of global bilateral remittances flows. Using data covering 216 … country-specific covariates in explaining remittances. Robustly across alternative estimation techniques and specifications …
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