, this paper aims at identifying the macroeconomic determinants of migrants‟ remittances to Egypt during the period (1980 …Remittance inflows to Egypt have been increasing rapidly for the last three decades, making it one of the largest … remittances- receiving country in the world and the leading one in the Middle East region. Theoretically remittances could help …

remittances mainly reside in Upper and Lower Egypt due to the low living costs in these regions. …This research provides a qualitative and empirical investigation of the microeconomic causes and impacts of remittances … in Egypt. We use data from a field study, involving interviews of 304 remittance-receiving families across 16 Egyptian …

What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration …? These two questions are examined empirically in Egypt, Turkey and Morocco for households with family members living abroad … effects on receipt of remittances than net earnings potential of households in the country of origin. Second, the receipt of …

altruism could have played an important role in the flow of remittances to Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, and Tunisia in …Workers' remittances have been playing an increasingly important role in the balance of payments of many countries and … flows could be a valuable input to the analysis of their external vulnerabilities. This paper argues that 'altruism', as a …

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DETERMINANTS OF WORKERS' REMITTANCES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS -- III …. EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION -- IV. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- A. Egypt -- B. Jordan -- C. Morocco -- D. Pakistan -- E …

that altruism could have played an important role in the flow of remittances to Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, and …Workers'' remittances have been playing an increasingly important role in the balance of payments of many countries and … flows could be a valuable input to the analysis of their external vulnerabilities. This paper argues that ""altruism,"" as a …