Remittances are considered as an important component of GDP in many developing countries. In order to increase …

This chapter reviews the recent theoretical and empirical economic literature on migrants' remittances. It is divided … between a microeconomic section on the determinants of remittances and a macroeconomic section on their growth effects. At the … timing of remittances. The results from selected empirical studies show that a mixture of individualistic (e.g., altruism …

, brought about by migration, with huge statistical observed positive effects of received worker remittances on smart human …

. -- International migration ; Remittances ; Return migration …

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … Jamaica or El Salvador - are also better off due to migration, but for a different reason: remittances. The quantitative … countries and about 10% for the main sending countries. -- migration ; remittances ; international trade ; welfare …

, brought about by migration, with huge statistical observed positive effects of received worker remittances on smart human … ; environmental accounts and accounting ; environmental equity ; population growth ; international migration ; remittances …

The determinants of migrants? remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data. For our analysis of … the probability and amount of remittances, we do not restrict ourselves on immigrants with a foreign citizenship, but … influences cross-border transfer behavior and (b) reconsidering the theoretical arguments since the motive for remittances might …