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The U.S. is the largest source country of remittances with an outflow of more than $70 billion estimated for 2016 … determinants of remittances originating from the United States for a diverse set of approximately 3,800 households with at least … 0.20-0.30. Remittances are more responsive to earnings in households with more adult women relative to men. …
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The paper reviews recent literature on the economics of migration and diasporas, focusing on economic gains and opportunities that these diasporas could represent for home countries. In addition, the paper discusses policies aimed at leveraging this "diaspora capital".
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of migrants from Spainand remittances received began to increase. In a sense, FDI and migration could also be seen as a … remittances. The sample comprises 112 countries with which Spain has closely interconnected migratory, commercial and investment …-2016. The results show that a greater number of immigrants in Spain boost foreign direct investment (FDI), remittances sent and …
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remittances and official development aid. Migrants' propensity to remit will also be increasingly relevant for Sweden … official aid to the same countries. The practice of sending remittances can be seen as one specific thing that migrants do as …According to the World Bank, in 2017, an estimated 450 billion US dollars in remittances were sent to Low and Middle …
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Many migrants do not stay in their host countries permanently. On average, 15% of migrants leave their host country in … remittances, investment, and skills accumulation. Receiving countries benefit via increases in their prime-working age populations … and invest in host country specific skills for temporary migrants. …
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