unpredictability and migrants’ remittances on fiscal consolidation in these countries. Two definitions of fiscal adjustment are …-income countries, remittances increase the likelihood of fiscal consolidation, be the latter gradual or rapid. Surprisingly, we observe …

and migrants’ remittances on fiscal consolidation in these countries. Using two definitions of fiscal adjustment and a … gradual fiscal retrenchment), remittances increase the likelihood of fiscal consolidation, be the latter gradual or rapid …

Remittances and the politics of austerity -- Outsourcing social welfare: how migrants replaced the state during Mexico …'s market transition -- How remittances prevent social unrest: evidence from the Mexican countryside -- Optimism in times of … crisis: remittances and economic security in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East -- They came banging …

interest to policymakers with regard to remittances--how to manage their macroeconomic effects, and how to harness their … remittances on recipient economies. In broad terms, the findings of this paper tend to confirm the main benefit cited in the … microeconomic literature: remittances improve households' welfare by lifting families out of poverty and insuring them against …