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This article examines the effect of remittances on economic growth, highlighting the main transmission channels. Using …, but confirm that the remittances speed up the accumulation of human capital, and thereby stimulate growth. The human … the SGMM method, estimates based on data from 27 developing countries show that remittances have a positive and …
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the current literature on the growth impacts of trade (by leading partner countries) often neglects the properties of … with considerable impacts of exports to EDE and AdE, exports to China have limited effects on the growth of its partners …. However, the recent financial crisis marks a turning point of China's role as a major driver of growth in the South. Namely …
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estimation, the paper estimates a growth model using the difference in the log of GDPC between periods t and t+1. Buttressed by … sufficient empirical evidence, the paper's findings corroborate that the Arab Spring had been negatively associated with growth …
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In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving … country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later … attachment to the household would be more inclined to remit money home. Therefore, remittances can be seen as a proxy for the …
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This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from … remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The results of our cross-section and panel analyses indicate that remittances … increase schooling and reduce child labour. Although international remittances are found to have a stronger beneficial impact …
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This paper focuses on the effects of domestic and international remittances on children's well-being. Using data from … remittance recipient and non-recipient households. The results of our cross-section and panel analyses indicate that remittances … increase schooling and reduce child labour. Although international remittances are found to have a stronger beneficial impact …
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In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving … country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later … attachment to the household would be more inclined to remit money home. Therefore, remittances can be seen as a proxy for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762189
the current literature on the growth impacts of trade (by leading partner countries) often neglects the properties of … with considerable impacts of exports to EDE and AdE, exports to China have limited effects on the growth of its partners …. However, the recent financial crisis marks a turning point of China's role as a major driver of growth in the South. Namely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120814
show a significant impact of openness on productivity growth. We find also an effect, significant at the ten per cent level …, of the level of human capital on the level of income but no effect on underlying productivity growth. Our preferred … empirical analysis of economic growth. …
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