remittances is rising migration, which has an opportunity cost to economic product at the origin. Net of that cost, there is … little reason to expect large growth effects of remittances in the origin economy. Migration and remittances clearly have …While measured remittances by migrant workers have soared in recent years, macroeconomic studies have difficulty …

The study investigated the relationship among remittances, financial development and economic growth in a panel of 20 …/ARDL estimations with panel unit root and cointegration tests. After establishing cointegration, remittances and financial development … financial development acted as a substitute in the remittances-growth relationship. Finally, unidirectional causal relationships …

development in the remittances-inclusive growth relationship. First, evidence based on the system GMM estimator shows that … remittances are not statistically significant in promoting inclusive growth in Africa. Notably, across the economic growth and … income inequality dimensions of inclusive growth, we find that although remittances are ineffective in boosting the former …

focusing on the migration rate, remittances, population growth and secondary school enrolment. This has not received adequate …/methodology/approach Leveraging on the macro-level approach to migration, remittances and the economy, this research considers the nexus among the … migration rate, remittances from abroad, population growth rate and secondary school enrolment to obtain a more robust outcome …

recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the … countries combining low levels of human capital and low migration rates of skilled workers tend to be positively affected by the … brain drain. By contrast, the brain drain appears to have negative growth effects in countries where the migration rate of …

recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the … countries combining low levels of human capital and low migration rates of skilled workers tend to be positively affected by the … brain drain. By contrast, the brain drain appears to have negative growth effects in countries where the migration rate of …

The Central and East European countries are affected after the fall of the communism, by the international migration … 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 …

Hardly any studies have investigated the impact of migrant remittances on economic growth (EG) and inequality in the … Western Balkans as a whole (WB6). Using the method of instrumental variables (VI), the findings show that while remittances … influence economic growth, their inflow also promotes a high level of migration and absorbs a large workforce by influencing the …

The study proposes to evaluate the impact of the current financial crisis on remittances received by three South Asian … countries, namely Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The objective is twofold: to forecast the impact of change in remittances … remittances will be used in a Keynesian framework to assess the impact of remittances on the growth of these countries while at …

In this paper, I study the effect of remittances on economic growth of the Fiji Islands. I provide empirical evidences … based on data for the period 1979-2007 that remittances have a positive and significant impact on growth of Fiji's economy …. The investigation also indicates the need to encourage financial sector development and consider furthering remittances …