households in the Caribbean. Jamaica is used as the case study country. The paper discusses the channels through which natural … disasters and remittances affect each other but also reviews the distribution of female-headed households in Jamaica as a … ; economics of gender ; Jamaica …

Econometric analysis has established a negative relationship between labor supply and remittances in Jamaica. The …. This exacerbates the real exchange rate appreciation, hurting Jamaica's export base and small manufacturing import …

A puzzle in the recently stagnated economy of Jamaica is that high rates of unemployment have persisted even when real …

We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we …