Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the role of institutions on the remittances–output growth …). Findings – First, in consonance with earlier studies, the growth volatility reducing influence of remittances flows was … established. Second, unlike the extant literature, the growth volatility reduction potential of remittances was found to be more …

Summary Remittances may have an impact on economic growth through channels to physical and human capital. We estimate …-state growth rates with and without changes of remittances is 1.39. Transitional gains are higher than the steady-state gains only … remittances in 2003. The countries with per capita income below $ 1200 benefit most from remittances in the long run because they …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of institutions in the financial development-output growth … volatility nexus. It provides new channels through which financial development can dampen the output growth volatilities of the …, institutions do not have the same reducing influence on output growth volatility. Third, the interaction of financial development …

growth for a panel of 27 emerging economies using annual data over the period from 1995 to 2012. Design … findings indicate that stock market development significantly contributes to economic growth. Further, a unidirectional … causality running from stock market development to economic growth has been found. This finding is consistent with the supply …

services by migrants in Qatar. The hypothesis is that there are important synergies between telecommunications and remittances …. Migrants with greater telecom access may have higher demand for remittances, because more frequent communication with relatives … remittances.  …

This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on child human capital in Mexico. During the 90’s and in particular after … the “tequila crisis” Mexican workers increased the remittances that were sent to their homes from the United States. I … Woodruff (2003) the results obtained from Census data indicate a positive and small effect of remittances on schooling only for …