The aim of this article is to investigate the causal relationship between remittances and poverty reduction for 14 …-stationary dynamic panel data. Our estimation results reveal that causality nexus of poverty and remittances is bi-directional. We also … find that the causal impact of poverty reduction on remittance is stronger than the reverse impact. Indeed, despite of its …

remittances on poverty alleviation using data for 65 low- and- middle-income countries from 2002 to 2016. By using two-stage least … product (GDP) significantly mitigate poverty. On average, a 10-percentage-point increase in remittances will lead to a similar … decrease in the poverty headcount ratio at USD 1.90 a day, a 4.8-percentage-point decline in poverty gap ratio at USD 1.90 a …

The study explored the impact of remittances on poverty in selected emerging markets. On the theoretical front, the … optimistic view argued that remittances inflow into the labour exporting country reduces poverty whereas the pessimistic view … measures of poverty [the poverty headcount ratio at US $1.90 and US $3.10 a day (% of population)] as dependent variables, the …

This paper reviews the pattern of poverty rates and income inequality in El Salvador since the 1990s. It discusses some … ; poverty ; labour market …

The paper studies the effects of international remittances on poverty and inequality in Ethiopia using an urban … household survey from 2004. In order to identify the effects of remittances on poverty and inequality, counterfactual … poverty values in the hypothetical and actual cases are then compared. There is a significant reduction in poverty while …

The contribution of remittances income in mitigating poverty and income inequality in Nigeria has attracted very little … attention in general. Very few studies have looked at the quantitative relationship between remittance inflows, poverty and … Investments (FDI) and Overseas Development Assistant (ODA). Using poverty and Gini decomposable techniques, the study finds that …

This paper investigates dynamic effects of remittances on households' poverty and income distribution. Using state … time a dose-response function approach to assess poverty effects due to variations in the time-length of receiving … remittances. Our results suggest that remittances alleviate both absolute and relative poverty levels and lead to a marginal …

This study analyzes the impact of remittances on poverty in Nigeria. The Nigerian National Living Standard Survey 2004 …) method to estimate the impact of remittances on poverty. The use of these methods was based on two reasons. The first is to … reduce the incidence, depth and severity of poverty. The statistical tests show a significant Average Treatment Effect on the …

of remittances have on poverty in Mexico and Central America. The results show that a 10% increase in migration to the … population living on less than US$ 1.90 a day; while the poverty gap is reduced by 12.8%. With regard to the sending of … remittances, a reduction of 6.7% is observed in the poor population and 10% in relation to the poverty gap. These results are in …