This study examines the determinants of worker's remittances. Variance decompositions, impulse response functions and Granger causality tests derived from a vector error correction model are used to test if remittances are affected by the macroeconomic conditions of the host (remittance sending)...

This issue of the Hispanic Economic Outlook contains the following articles: Hispanic Employment Conditions: QIV 2009; Self-Employment Ratios of Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Other Hispanic Americans in the 2000s, Latin America and the Financial Crisis of 2008: An Overview....

The spread of the novel coronavirus and 'stay at home' measures in response to this global health crisis is profoundly changing societies and economies around the world. The objective of this work is to analyze the economic impact of Covid-19 by focusing on their implications on migrant...

Zimbabwe's prolonged crisis illustrates the consequences of short-sighted and inappropriate economic policies, as it continues to fail to realize its potential to become a strong, independent state. Triggered in part by the Mugabe government's decision to ignore fiscal constraints, and...

This issue of the Hispanic Economic Outlook contains the following articles: Hispanic Employment Conditions: QIII 2009; Self Employment versus Paid Employment among Mexican Americans; The Workweek of Hispanic Male Workers in the United States. Formed in early 2009, the Hispanic Economic Outlook was...