We examine the labour supply effect of remittances in the Republic of Haiti, the prime international remittances … address three econometric issues that may bias the estimates. We account for endogeneity of the remittances with respect to … remittances. However, contrary to previous findings, the labour market response to remittances of female household heads is not as …

improves left-behinds' welfare through two different channels: (i) migrants' remittances exceed their forgone income …

receipt of remittances affect educational outcomes in Haiti. Based on a theoretical approach it tries to disentangle the … effects of both phenomena that have mostly been jointly modeled in previous literature. The results suggest that remittances … high poverty rate in the country. -- Haiti ; education ; remittances ; migration …

approfondissement.There are few studies of the social and economic consequences of remittances from migrant workers on poverty and … inequality in their home country until recently, especially in Haiti. The known amount of remittances sent to Haiti by the … that characterize Haitian society. Although expectations about macroeconomic impacts of remittances on beneficiaries …

between remitter and recipient. -- Migration ; remittances ; labor supply ; time allocation ; gender …

nonreceiving households, and households with migrant parents to single out the impact of migration and remittances. The results … other household members. Receiving remittances reduces the adverse impact of migration by only 1-3 percentage points. The …

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 …

Migration and the consequent flow of remittances are like a double-edged sword; while keeping many out of poverty, they … Moldova and employing simultaneous equations model we show that there exists a dual causality between receipt of remittances … first to be able to specify the mechanism behind the link between remittances and migration. We find evidence that …

Migrants' remittances to developing countries have increased in recent decades, partly due to reduced transactions … explanation. Despite the difficulties female migrants encounter in the labor market, their total remittances may be higher and …